Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Punica granatum L.
Family Name	Lythraceae
Common Name	Dadam, Pomegranate
Tamil Name	மாதுளை
Life Form	Shrub
Distribution	Van Chetana Kendra, Infocity, Basan, Aranya Van
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A small shrub with young branches 4-angled. Leaves: Opposite, entire, lanceolate. The leaves fall off from the young branches which then are modified into thorns. Inflorescence: Solitary or cymose. Flowers: Red-crimson, calyx 5-7 fid, cup-shaped, valvate. Petals 5-7, alternate with calyx teeth, with wavy margins.Stamens many inside the cup-shaped calyx. Ovary: Ovary inferior, carpels many, in 2 rows, one above the other, surrounded by the calyx, style small, stigma capitate. Fruit: balausta, globose, brown crowned by the persistent calyx.Seeds many angular, surrounded by pulpy, juicy, white, pink or red aril.
Flowering and Fruiting	All the year round.
Key Compounds	Alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, terpenoids, phenol and carbohydrates.
Medicinal Use	The fruit rind is given in diarrhea and dysentery. A decoction of the flowers is gargled to relieve oral and throat inflammations.
At the Campus	Botanical garden