granaatappel (Punica granatum L.) pomegranate

granaatappel (Punica granatum L.)
The synonym :
Malum granatum Rumph.
Familia :
Punicaceae.

The pomegranate came from the Middle East, spread in the area of subtropics until the tropics, from the plain arrive in low 1.000 m. dpl.
These plants liked the loose land that did not remain water, with the ground water that not in.
The pomegranate was often buried in gardens as decorative plants, the medicine crop, or because him that could be eaten.ook the form of the shrub or the small tree high 2 -- 5 m..
The stick was wooden, the twig , the branching many, weak, was thorny to his leaves armpit, chocolate when still was young, and green dirty after old.
The single leaves, short stem, his location gathered.
The sheet of his form leaves was oval until the lancet, the sharp starting point, the blunt tip, the level bank, pertulangan menyirip, the surface is shine, long 1 -- 9 cm, wide 0.5 -- 2,5 cm, his colour was green.
The single flower bertangkai short, went out on the end of the twig or on the highest leaves armpit.

Usually, was gotten one to five flower, his colour was red, white, or purple.
Blossomed year round.
Him the berry, his form was round with the diameter 5 -- 12 cm, the colour of his skin was varied, like green purple, white, reddish chocolate, or purple blackness.
Sometimes, was gotten very spotty that was rather prominent coloured older.
His seed many, very small, his form was elliptical that aspect was rather thin and flat, hard, was compiled was not uniform, his colour was red, pink, or white.
Known by three pomegranate sorts, that is the white pomegranate, the red pomegranate, and the purple pomegranate.
The increase with the cutting, the root bud.

known as :
Shi liu (C), granaatappel (B), grenadier (P), granatbaum (J), luru (V), thap thim (T), granada (Tag.), pomegranate,Granati Pericarpium.
The illness that could be treated:
When the harvest, was gathered.
His seed was issued, then his skin was put in the sun to dry until dry.
Before being used, could be kept in the forum that was closed good.
Skin tasted sour, bitter, his characteristics were warm, the astringent, poisonous (toxic).useful for stopped the bleeding (hemostatis), the laxative of the intestines worm (vermifuga), antidiare, and antivirus.
Skin and his flower was the strong astringent.
Rebusan both of them could stop the bleeding.
Bark and root skin had the weak smell and the feeling of acid.
useful for as the laxative , vermifuga, the laxative, and the intestines astringent.
His leaves for the menstruation laxative.
Meat (meat of the seed wrapper) for the cooler, the laxative farted.
His characteristics seed was cool, not poison, for the fever, antitoxic, lubricated the lungs, and calmed the cough.

Root skin is for the laxative of the intestines worm.
Skin hindered the growth of the bacillus typhoid.
Skin could control the spreading of the infection of the polio virus, the simplex herpes virus, clan the HIV virus.
The composition: Skin (shi liu pi) contained the alkaloid pelletierene, granatin, betulic acid, ursolic acid, isoquercitrin, elligatanin, resin, triterpenoid, calcium oksalat, and the senior officer.

Root skin and bark contained approximately 20% elligatanin and 0.5 -- 1% of the alkaloid compound, including the alkaloid pelletierine (C8H14N0), pseudopelletierine (C9H15N0), metilpelletierine (C8H14NO.CH3), isopelletierine (C8H15N0), and metilisopellettierine (C9H1,N0).
The leaves contained the alkaloid, tannin, calcium oksalat, fat, sulphur, peroksidase.
Juice contained the citric acid, acid malat, glucose, fructose, maltose, vitamins (A, C), the mineral (calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, natrium, and potassium), and tannin.
The alkaloid pelletierine very toxic and caused paralysis of the tapeworm, the bracelet worm, and the worm keremi.
Skin and astringent also bark strong so as to be used for diarrhoea medical treatment.