Pomeg Berry

Pomeg Berry ザロクのみ Zaroku Fruit No. 21

Effect Makes a Pokémon more friendly, but lowers HP effort value (Emerald on) Natural Gift Type Unknown Power Unknown Flavor Generation III   SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR   +1 -1 0 +1 -1 Generation IV             10 SPICY       0 DRY       10 SWEET       10 BITTER       0 SOUR       Growth Generation III Planted 0 hours Sprouted 3 hours Taller 6 hours Flowering 9 hours Berries 12 hours Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 8 hours Taller 16 hours Flowering 24 hours Berries 32 hours Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 5.3" 13.5 cm Very Hard Bag description Generation III — Generation IV Unknown Generation V Unknown Generation VI Unknown Generation VII Unknown Generation VIII Unknown Tag description Generation III However much it is watered, it only grows up to six Berries. Generation IV When this sweetly spicy Berry's thick skin is peeled, many pieces of the fruit spill out. Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop — — — Stickiness — — — Origin Name Pomegranate Design Pomegranate

Pomeg Berry (Japanese: ザロクのみ Zaroku Berry) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

Locations

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Growing in loamy soil in Route 119 when the player first arrives there. Sometimes given by the Berry Master. Sometimes given by Kiri in Sootopolis City.

FireRed and LeafGreen

Wild hold item (Generation III)

Mini Games (Generation III)

Orre

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Growing in loamy soil in Route 214 when the player first arrives there. Sometimes given by the Berry Master.

HeartGold and SoulSilver Given by a Juggler in Fuchsia City in exchange for a Red Shard.

Wild hold item (Generation IV)

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Pokémon Battle Revolution

Mystery Dungeon series

Black and White

Black 2 and White 2

Wild hold item (Generation V)

Dream World

X and Y

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Wild hold item (Generation VI)

PokéMileage Club

Sun and Moon

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Wild hold item (Generation VII)

Sword and Shield

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Legends: Arceus

Growth and harvest

Generation III

A Pomeg Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 12 hours, with 3 hours per stage. A Pomeg tree will yield 2-6 berries.

Generation IV

A Pomeg Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 32 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Pomeg tree will yield 1-5 berries.

Berry Blending

	Verdanturf	Fallarbor	Slateport	Lilycove
Pomeg Berry	Purple	Purple	Gray	Purple

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, a Pomeg Berry can produce a Level 12 (maybe higher) Spicy-Bitter Poffin when cooking alone.

In the anime

While the Berry itself has never been featured prominently, its flowers are where Ash, his friends, and Cheryl find Combee, their first clue to the Amber Castle, at the end of The Grass-Type is Always Greener!.

File:Pomeg Flower.jpg

Several Pomeg Flowers.

Trivia

• Due to its ability to lower a Pokémon's EVs in HP, it is famous for the Pomeg glitch. The "Pomeg Glitch," as quoted from Glitch, states that "using a Pomeg Berry on a Pokémon with low HP may cause its HP to become a negative value."

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ザロクのみ (Zaroku no Mi)	From ザクロ Zakuro (Pomegranate)
English	Pomeg Berry	From pomegranate.
French	Baie Grena	From grenade.
German	Granabeere	From Granatapfel.
Italian	Baccagrana	From melagrana.
Spanish	Baya Grana	From granada.
Korean	유석열매 Yuseok Yeolmae	From 石榴 (석류) seokryu, Pomegranate.

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Berries

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This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Berry in the Pokémon series.