Botanical name-Punica granatum
English name-.Pomegranate
Tamil name-Matulai, Matulam
Snskirt name-Dadima,Lohitapuspaka
An attractive shrub or small tree, to 20 or 30 ft (6 or 10 m) high It is much-branched, more or less spiny, and extremely long-lived . The leaves are evergreen or deciduous They are opposite or in whorls of 5 or 6, short-stemmed ,long and leathery. Flowers are home on the branch tips singly or as many as 5 in a cluster. They are 1 1/4 in (3 cm) wide and characterized by the thick, tubular, red calyx having 5 to 8 fleshy, pointed sepals forming a vase from which emerge the 3 to 7 crinkled, red, white or variegated petals enclosing the numerous stamens. Nearly round,
the fruit, 2 1/2 to 5 in (6.25-12.5 cm) wide, has a tough, leathery skin or rind, basically yellow more or less overlaid with light or deep pink or rich red. The interior is separated by membranous walls and white spongy tissue (rag) into compartments packed with transparent sacs filled with tart, flavorful, fleshy, juicy, red, pink or whitish pulp (technically the aril). In each sac, there is one white or red, angular, soft or hard seed. The seeds represent about 52% of the weight of the whole fruit.
Ayurved usage:
Treatment for:-Worms diseases,Eye infection,Heart diseases ,Oedeama,Cough,Asthma,fever.
Parts used in treatment:-Leaves, Flowers, Barks, Fruits
Propagation:- Seeds
