Steinmetz:Punica

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Punica granatum (formerly called malum granatum)

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Punicaceae
English Names
  • Pomegranate tree
  • Carthaginian apple tree
Natural Habitat
  • North-Western India
  • cultivated in the Mediterranean countries and subtropical countries throughout the world
Part(s) Used
  • Cortex arboris Granati
  • Cortex radicis Granati
  • Cortex fructus Granati
  • Flores Granati = Flores Balaustii
Constituent(s)
  • treebark
  • rootbark: pelletierine (= punicine)
  • isopelletierine
  • pseudopelletierine (= granatonine = pseudopunicine)
  • methylisopelletierine
  • granatin (bitter principle)
  • tannin
  • resin
  • sugar
  • punico-tannic acid
  • starch; fruitpeel: tannin
  • mucilage
  • resin
  • sugar; flower: tannin; ripe fruit: invert-sugar
  • enzyme
  • malic acid
  • citric acid
Action
  • treebark
  • rootbark; vermifuge
  • taeniacide; fruit peel: astringent (used in chronic dysentery and diarrhoea)
  • vermifuge
  • taenicide; flower: astringent. The flower yields a good red dye; fruit: astringent
  • refrigerant. P. S. Blindness and other by-effects can be the result of too large and too frequent doses!
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