Punica granatum

for SC128 - Post 5 January - Stillife with fruit
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The pomegranate tree was cultivated in ancient times by the Phoenicians, Greeks and Egyptians. The importance of its fruit - the pomegranate - goes back thousands of years, appearing in biblical texts associated with passions and fertility, and was also considered by the Greeks to be a symbol of love and fertility.

This one is a miniature one I have in a pot, usually fruits are edible between September and December.