| Synonym : | Punica nana L.
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| Bangla Name : | Dalim, Anar, Bedana. |
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| English Name : | Pomegrante. |
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| Family : | Punicaeae |
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| Disease : | Tonic, ,diarrhoea , chronic dysentery, , purgative, anthelmintic, stomachache , dyspepsia,cardiac tonic , piles, , astringent and tapeworm. |
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| Description : | A large deciduous shrub, often armed. Leaves opposite, 3.5-5 cm long, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, entire. Flowers 3.8-5 cm long and as much across, bright red, mostly solitary, sometimes 2-4 together. Fruit a globose berry, 3.8-7.5 cm across, tipped with the calyx-limb.
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| Distribution : | Planted throughout the country. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Different parts of the plant, particularly the bark, fruit rind and fruit juice, contain alkaloids pelletierine isopelletierine, pseudopelletierine and methyl-isopellerierine, sorbitol, mannitol, glucose, fructose, sucrose, isoquercetin, ?-sitosterol, fri |
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| Uses : | Unripe fruits are good appetizer and tonic, rind of the fruit is useful in the treatment of diarrhoea and chronic dysentery, decoction of the rind followed by a purgative, acts as an anthelmintic. A decoction of the dried fruit rind is drunk for the relie |
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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