Herbal Name:Punica granatum

Basic Names: Pomegranate

Plant Family: Punicaceae

Plant Description:

It is generally developed in the subtropics and tropics for it's elaborate magnificence and rugged organic product, in colder atmospheres it will frequently neglect to natural product. It is an alluring plant with lustrous green leaves and red blossoms. Trees don't bear well until 5 or 6 years of age. Blooming begins in late spring and proceeds into summer; under appropriate conditions the organic product ought to develop 5 to 7 months after the fact. High temperatures are key amid organic product improvement for a decent flavor. The organic product experienced amongst March and May and can be picked a little before full development and aged away. In territories where downpour happens amid harvest, pick the natural product before they are completely ready to stay away from the skin getting to be waterlogged and part. It can be put away for a while if hung to dry in a cool, breezy spot. Pomegranates ought to be planted in full sun and like long, hot summers despite the fact that it sets more natural product after an icy winter. It is exceptionally dry season safe yet develops better with a decent supply of water; it additionally endures a time of wet feet. Pomegranates incline toward very much depleted topsoil, pH 5.5 - 7, yet endure extensive measures of alkalinity and sodium in the dirt. It ought to be mulched every year with decayed excrement or manure. Pomegranates natural product on goads of full grown wood, prune the tree gently in winter to support new goad development and evacuate any appendages bringing on swarming in the focal point of the crown.

Plant Type: tough, deciduous, shrubby, little tree.

Plant Height: 4 to 7 meters.

Employments:

Harvest: 5 - 7 months in the wake of blossoming, organic product quality enhances away.

Nourishment: natural product substance is brimming with delicate, eatable seeds that are anything but difficult to eat with a nutty flavor. The substance itself is delicious and sub-corrosive; it is utilized as a conventional topping for Middle Eastern nourishment. Pomegranate juice is reviving and can be utilized as a part of soups, sauces, jams, frosts or made into a sweet syrup called grenadine that flavors drinks, frozen yogurt, cakes and prepared apples. The dried seeds are utilized as a flavoring as a part of dhal, seared samosa, stuffing and chutney. It is essential to evacuate each bit of skin encompassing the seeds, as this is biting.

Support: plants have a suckering propensity and can shape a thick impervious fruiting fence.

Compartment Plant: valuable developed in a tub as a fancy.

Color: the skin of the unripe products of the soil blooms are utilized as a color.