The city of Granada in Spain was named after the pomegranate fruit. The common name ‘pomegranate’ means seeded apple in Latin. It was a symbol of love in antiquity and even features in an ancient Egyptian love song. Omegranate is one of the oldest fruits in cultivation and its rind has been used as a dye by carpet makers for millennia. One tree yields about 1 kilo of dried rind a year.ĭyed with pomegranate & indigo (top) or lac (bottom) The leftover rind is not wasted but used as a dye. The flesh can be made into juice and the syrup grenadine, whilst the seeds can be ground and made into a spice called anardana. Inside there are many seeds, each surrounded by a ruby-red fleshy pulp. The fruit is spherical, up to 12 cm in diameter and has a tough leathery skin. Pomegranate is cultivated in warm countries all over the world. This attractive shrub is hardy, drought resistant and long lived (up to 200 years). Pomegranate is a deciduous spiny shrub or small tree belonging to the family Lythraceae. Dyers use the rind to produce golden yellows, greens, greys and blacks. K nown as a symbol of love in antiquity, the pomegranate has been a popular fruit for thousands of years. Wild Colours natural dyes > yellow dye plants > dye with pomegranate Wild Colours - Exciting colours from Natural Dyes Wild Paper handmade paper for printing, artists & gift wrap Wild Fibres - natural fibres for felting, spinning & dyeing!
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