Pomegranate

SCIENTIFIC NAME :

 Punica Granatum

MEDICINAL VALUE :

 Pomegranate fruit rind finds application medically in chronic dysentry and diarrhoea. The pulp and seeds are stomachic and used as laxarive. The flower buds are used in bronchitis.

NUTRIENT VALUE :

 good source of vitamin C, potassium, fiber. Low in calories.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :

 Pomegranate seed dried with pulp is used as spice in dishes. The fruit juice is cooling and refrigerant.

GLOSSARY :

• English : Pomegranate
• Tamil : Maadhulai / Madhala Naranga / Mathalam Pazham
• Malayalam : Madhalanaranga / Maathalanarakam / Uriyan Pazham
• Telugu : Danimma Pandu / Dalimba
• Kannada : Dalimbo / Dalimbari / Daalimbae Hannu
• Hindi : Anar / Anardana
• Bengali : Dareem / Dalim-Gash / Dalim
• Gujarati : Dadamna / Dalamb
• Konkani : Daalimb
• Marathi : Dalimbache / Dalimb
• Oriya : Dalimb / Dalima
• Punjabi : Anar / Anardana
• Tulu : Dalimbe
• Kashmiri : Daan
• Urudu : Anardana