Lieshan Pomegranates

Lieshan Pomegranates

　　Pomegranate: With a sweet, sour, and astringent taste and warm nature, it has effects such as killing parasites, astringing, consolidating the intestines, and stopping dysentery. The pomegranate fruit is rich in nutrients, with vitamin C content one to two times higher than that of apples and pears. It has needle-like branches, and its leaves are obovate or elliptical, hairless. It blooms in summer, mostly orange, but also yellow and white. The berry is nearly spherical and matures in autumn. The outer seed coat is fleshy, semi-transparent, and juicy; the inner seed coat is leathery.