Steinmetz:Punica

Punica granatum (formerly called malum granatum)

Also known as (or relevant to) Punica granatum (formerly called malum granatum) 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!