दन्तबीजः
दन्तशठ
दन्तीबीजम्
द्रॆका
द्रुकिलिमं
दुर्गन्धः
दुर्ग्रहा
दर्भः
द्रवन्ती
द्राक्षा
द्राविडः
द्रॊणपुष्पी
द्रॊणा
दलहीनफला
दॆवकुसुमं
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दाडिमः
Botanical name -
Punica granatum
Description -
Punica granatum is a deciduous undershrub. Dark- grey bark and spinusant branchlets, Opposite leaves, minutely pellucid-puncate, shining above and bright green beneath. 1-4, Solitary flowers and Scarlet red in colour. Globose fruit with crown of persistent calyx, angular seeds with pink or whitish fleshy testa.
Chemical Constituents-
Bark contains ellagitannins punicacorteins A-D, punigluconin, casuariin, casuarainin, punicalin, punicalagin, pullestierine. Bark and stem contains alkaloids pullestierine, isopelletierine, pseudopelletierine, methylpelletierine, methylisopelletierene. Leaves contain ellagitannin punicafolin, 2-propenyl -3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine. Flowers contain pigment pelargonidin di-glucoside. Fruit contains vitamin C, sugars. Peels contain tannin - punicalagin and punicalin
Use -
All parts are used medicinally, leaf and fruit are used as food. Seed, fruit pulp, pericarp, leaf, root bark, stem bark exhibit bactericidal properties in varying degrees, they are used in digestive preparations and in tonics and fruit is used as a valuable food in pregnancy --- Bark used to expel tapeworms. Rind used as an astringent, in diarrhoea and dysentery. Flower buds used in bronchitis
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