How are the leaves? Do you eat them raw or cooked?
Pomegranate leaves can be eaten either raw or cooked. (The flowers can also be eaten, but then we wouldn't have any fruit! I have not tried them yet, but might start eating them off my Dwarf Pomegranate since I'm not a huge fan of the fruit it makes.) The leaves have a very distinct and rather amazing flavor. It's hard to describe, but they are very nutty, a bit sour, with a bitter aftertaste, and kind of astringent. Unlike with some plants, the leaves taste nothing at all like the fruit. I don't think I can place what they might taste similar to. I think the flavor is too strong to make a salad up of entirely pomegranate greens, but I think they are a good compliment raw with other greens or vegetables. Cooked, they are not as astringent or bitter, so more of the nuttiness and sourness stays central to the flavor. I have not tried them enough times yet to experiment with cooking techniques because I wanted to encourage my trees to grow quickly, but I suspect that they would be delicious in dishes like soups or stirfrys.
Note: pomegranate leaves have strong health benefits, and because of this you might want to be cautious about how many you eat at a time. They are used for many different conditions, including to treat insomnia, abdominal pain, dysentery, jaundice, cough, and a topical paste can be used to treat eczema. They are also used for weight loss, and can even be used in hormone replacement therapy. Pomegranates leaves also contain high antioxidant content, just as the fruits do.