Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Punica granatum_Wild(Hindi-Anaar/Daarim,Garhwali-Darim/Daru,Himachali-Daram/Daadam,Sanskrit-Dadim/Dadhim,Popular-Wild Pomegranate)Punicaceae.It is an erect deciduous spreading shrub or tree growing upto 8-10 m height.Wood is very hard and light yellow.Leaves are opposite, lanceolate, about 5.7 cm long and 1.7 cm broad with entire margins.Flowers are solitary or in axillary clusters of 2 to 6,3.6 cm diameter,rose coloured.Fruits are globose,covered with persistent calyx,4.2-6.6 cm diameter, yellowish green with a red tinge.Wild pomegranate is an emerging wild fruit of Central Asia.It is native in the region from Northern India to Iran with its shrubs found in the forests of these areas.In India, it is widely distributed in drier and submarginal land of outer Himalaya at an altitude of 900-1800 m covering the mid hill belts of HP,J and K and Uttarakhand states.One of the important centres of wild pomegranate is Darlaghat in Himachal Pradesh.The major use of wild pomegranate i...