is afruit-bearing decidous shrub or small tree groming to between 5 and 8 metres tall
the delima is antive to the region from iran to the himalayas in northren india and has bee cultivated and naturalized over the whole mediterrnean region and the caucasus since ancient times.
it is widly cultivated throughout afghanistan, algeria, armenia, azerbijan,iran, india, pakistan,syria,turkey,the drier parts of southeast asia ,peninsular malaysia,the east india,and tropical africa.
introduced into latin america and california by spanish settelers in 1769, delima is now cultivated in parts of california and arizona for juice production.
in the northern hemisphere ,the fruit is typically in season from septemper to january.
in the southrn hemispher,it is in season from march to may
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