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Pomegranate
Punica granatum
Pomegranate · Grenadier (Fr.) · Granatapfelbaum (Ger.) · Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.) · Zakuro (Jap.) · Romanzeiro (Port.) · Granado (Sp.) · Mangrano (Sp.) · Delima · Granaatappel · Granada · Granat właściwy · Granatapel · Granatapfel · Granatapfel (DE); Granada (ES); Pomegranate (EN) · Granatapfelbaum · Granatapfelstrauch · Granato · Granatowiec właściwy · Granatæble · Granåda · Grawnafal · Grenadier
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Haiti, Turkey, Malaya, China, Peru, India, Dominican Republic, Mexico
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Asthma, Astringent, Bactericide, Bilious
Science studied: PIPERIDINES, ALKALOIDS, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASIATIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Punicaceae
Scientific name: Punica granatum
Common names: Pomegranate, Grenadier (Fr.), Granatapfelbaum (Ger.), Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.), Zakuro (Jap.), Romanzeiro (Port.), Granado (Sp.), Mangrano (Sp.), Delima, Granaatappel, Granada, Granat właściwy, Granatapel, Granatapfel, Granatapfel (DE); Granada (ES); Pomegranate (EN), Granatapfelbaum, Granatapfelstrauch, Granato, Granatowiec właściwy, Granatæble, Granåda, Grawnafal, Grenadier
POWO: 554129-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Haiti, Turkey, Elsewhere, Malaya, China, Peru, India, Dominican Republic and 12 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Asthma
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Bilious
- Bronchitis
- Breast (Caked)
- Cancer
- Cardiotonic
show 47 more documented entries
- Colic
- Cough
- Dermatosis
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Dyspepsia
- Fever
- Flux
- Gingivitis
- Hairwhite
- Inflammation
- Leucorrhea
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Metrorrhagia
- Ophthalmia
- Paralysis
- Pimple
- Rectum
- Refrigerant
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Ache(Stomach)
- Stomachic
- Stomatitis
- Styptic
- Taenifuge
- Tapeworm
- Thirst
- Throat
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Urogenital
- Vermifuge
- Amygdalitis
- Cardiac
- Heart
- Piles
- Prolapse
- Taenicide
- Tumor(Stomach)
- Anodyne
- Dysmenorrhea
- Emission
- Hair-Dye
- Hemorrhagia
- Poison
- Night-Sweat
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Haiti
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Malaya
- China
- Peru
- India
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- Europe
- Mexico(Kickapoo)
- Java
show 8 more documented entries
- Israel
- Spain
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Kurdistan
- Ethiopia
- US
- Venezuela
Documented cultural uses
- Asthma
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Bilious
- Bronchitis
- Breast (Caked)
- Cancer
- Cardiotonic
- Colic
- Cough
- Dermatosis
- Diarrhea
show 43 more documented entries
- Dysentery
- Dyspepsia
- Fever
- Flux
- Gingivitis
- Hairwhite
- Inflammation
- Leucorrhea
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Metrorrhagia
- Ophthalmia
- Paralysis
- Pimple
- Rectum
- Refrigerant
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Ache(Stomach)
- Stomachic
- Stomatitis
- Styptic
- Taenifuge
- Tapeworm
- Thirst
- Throat
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Urogenital
- Vermifuge
- Amygdalitis
- Cardiac
- Heart
- Piles
- Prolapse
- Taenicide
- Tumor(Stomach)
- Anodyne
- Dysmenorrhea
- Emission
- Hair-Dye
- Hemorrhagia
- Poison
- Night-Sweat
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Asthma · Haiti · "
- Astringent · Turkey · "
- Bactericide · Elsewhere · "
- Bilious · Haiti · "
- Bilious · Malaya · "
- Bronchitis · Elsewhere · "
- Breast (Caked) · China · "
- Cancer · Peru · "
- Cardiotonic · Haiti · "
- Colic · China · "
- Cough · Malaya · "
- Cough · India · "
- Dermatosis · Malaya · "
- Diarrhea · China · "
- Diarrhea · Malaya · "
- Diarrhea · Turkey · "
- Dysentery · China · "
- Dysentery · Dominican Republic · "
- Dysentery · Malaya · "
- Dysentery · Turkey · "
- Dysentery · Elsewhere · "
- Dyspepsia · Elsewhere · "
- Fever · Haiti · "
- Flux · China · "
66 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- The Neuroprotective Effect of a Waste Byproduct Obtained From Pomegranate (Punica granatum). · 2026 source ↗
- Antiparasitic Potential of Bioactive Compounds From <i>Punica granatum</i>: Preventive and Therapeutic Effects. · 2026 source ↗
- Strigolactone-Mediated Modulation of Physiological and Biochemical Responses Under Salinity Stress in Punica granatum. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- PIPERIDINES
- ALKALOIDS
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASIATIC-ACID
- BETULINIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAROTENE
- CHLORINE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CITRIC-ACID
- P-COUMARINIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- ELAIDIC-ACID
- ELLAGIC-ACID
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- ESTRADIOL
- FAT
- FIBER
- FLAVOGALLOL
- FRIEDELIN
- GALLIC-ACID
- 2-O-GALLOYLPUNICALIN
- GRANATIN-A
- GRANATIN-B
- GUMS
- INULIN
- ISOPELLETIERINE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- MALIC-ACID
- MALVIDIN
- MALVIDIN-PENTOSE-GLYCOSIDE
- D-MANNITOL
- METHYL-PELLETIERINE
- NIACIN
- OXALIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- PELLETIERINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POLYPHENOLS
- POTASSIUM
- 2-(2-PROPENYL)-DELTA-PIPERIDEINE
- PROTEIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- PSEUDOPELLETIERINE
- PUNICAFOLIN
- PUNICALAGIN
- PUNICIC-ACID
- PUNIGLUCONIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SORBITOL
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- TANNIN
- CIS-9,TRANS-11,CIS-13-TRIENE-ACID
- URSOLIC-ACID
- VIT-B-6
- WATER
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CASUARININ
- COPPER
- METHYL-ISOPELLETIERINE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- STYPTIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- CASUARIIN
- CEREBROSIDE
- CORILAGIN
- DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- ELLAGITANNIN
- FRUCTOSE
- GLUCOSE
- GRANATINS
- IRON
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MALTOSE
- MASLINIC-ACID
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- 1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PUNICACORTEINS
- PUNICALIN
- RESINS
- SODIUM
- STRICTININ
- 1,2,4,6-TETRA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- WAX
- BORIC-ACID
- ESTRONE
- MAGNESIUM
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- MANNITOL
- MUCILAGE
- ASH
- CONIINE
- 1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE
- 1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE
- 3,4,8,9,10-PENTAHYDROXYDIBENZO(B,D)-PYRAN-6-ONE
- 3,6-(R)-HEXAHYDROXYDIPHENOYL-(ALPHA,BETA)-1C-4-GLUCOPYRANOSE
- BETULIC-ACID
- BREVIFOLIN
- BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID
- SALICYLATES
- (-)-PELLETIERINE
- GALLOTANNINS
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- DAUCOSTEROL
- 17-BETA-ESTRADIOL
- 17-BETA-ESTRIOL
- ETHYL-BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLATE
- FLUORIDE
- GLYCERIN
- HYGRINE
- INVERT-SUGARS
- KAEMPFEROL
- LUTEOLIN
- NORHYGRINE
- NORPSEUDOPELLETIERINE
- PEDUNCULAGIN
- PHOSPHOLIPIDS
- POMEGRANATATE
- PUNICACORTEIN-A
- PUNICACORTEIN-B
- PUNICACORTEIN-C
- PUNICACORTEIN-D
- QUERCETIN
- SEDRIDINE
- SEROTONIN
- SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- STIGMASTEROL
- TESTOSTERONE
- 6-O-GALLOYL-2,3-(S)-HEXAHYDROXYDIPHENOYL-D-GLUCOSE
- 2-(2'-HYDROXYPROPYL-DELTA-1)-PIPERDEINE
- 2,3(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-D-GLUCOSE
- 1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE
- 3,3',4'-TRI-O-METHYLELLAGIC-ACID
- 1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C1-GLUCOSE
- 17-ALPHA-ESTRADIOL
- 2-(2'-PROPENYL)-DELTA-1-PIPERIDEINE
- 3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CATECHIN
- CHOLESTEROL
- CONIFERYL-9-O-[BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1-6)]-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- COUMESTROL
- CYANIDIN
- CYANIDIN-3,5-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE
- DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- EPICATECHIN
- EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE
- ESTRIOL
- FLAVAN-3-OL
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GALLAGYLDILACTON
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- ICARISIDE-D1
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLYCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOGLYCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-XYLOPYRANOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLYCOSIDE
- MELATONIN
- METHIONINE
- NARINGIN
- N-(2',5'-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)-PYRIDIUM-CHLORIDE
- N-METHYLPELLETIERENE
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- PELARGONIDIN
- PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE
- PELARGONIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- PHENETHYL-RUTINOSIDE
- PROLINE
- PUNICIC-ACID-(CIS-9,TRANS-11,CIS-13-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID)
- PUNIGLUCONIN-2,3-DI-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXYDIPHENOYLGLUCONIC-ACID
- QUINIC-ACID
- RUTIN
- SINAPYL-9-O-[BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1-6)]-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TELLIMAGRANDIN
- TRYPTAMINE
- VALINE
- ANTHOCYANINS
- APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID-10-MONOSULPHATE
- CASTALAGIN
- CATECHIN-(4,8)-GALLOCATECHIN
- (-)-CATECHIN
- CATECHINS
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- O-COUMARINIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- CYCLIC-2,4,3,6-BIS(4,4',5,5',6,6'HEXAHYDROXYL[1,1'-BIPHENYL]2,2'-DICARBOXYLATE)1(3,4,5-TRIHYDROXYBENZOATE)BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- DELPHINIDIN
- DIELLAGIC-ACID-RHAMNOSYL-(1-4)-GLUCOSIDE
- DI-O-PUNICYL-O-OCTADECA-8Z,11Z,13E-TRIENYLGLYCEROL
- EICOSENOIC-ACID
- ERIODICTYOL-7-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ESCHWEILENOL-C
- FERULIC-ACID
- FLAVONES
- FLAVONOIDS
- FLAVONOLS
- FRIEDOOLEANAN-3-ONE
- GALLOCATECHIN
- GALLOCATECHIN-(4,8)-CATECHIN
- GALLOCATECHIN-(4,8)-GALLOCATECHIN
- LIGNAN
- LIGNIN
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE
- L-MALIC-ACID
- METHYL-GALLATE
- MYRICETIN
- NARINGENIN-4'-METHYLETHER-7-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL(1,6)BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- PROCYANIDIN-B-1
- PROCYANIDIN-B-2
- QUERCIMERITRIN
- QUERCETIN-3,4'-DIMETHYLETHER-7-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL(1,6)BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE
- TELLIMAGRANDIN-I
- TERCATAIN
- TERMINALIN-GALLAYLDILACTONE
- TRI-O-PUNICYLGLYCEROL
- 1-(2,5-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-PYRIDIUM-CHLORIDE
- TRITERPENOIDS
- 2-O-GALLOYL-4,6(S,S)-GALLAGOYL-D-GLUCOSE
- 5-O-GALLOYL-PUNICACORTEIN
- 1-O-ISOPENTYL-3-O-OCTADEC-2-ENOYL-GLYCEROL
- 3'-O-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENE-ELLAGIC-ACID
- 1-O-TRANS,CIS,TRANS-OCTADECATRIENOL-GLYCEROL
- 2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-A-METHYL-2-PYRIDINE-ETHANOL
- 2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-6-PROPENYL-PYRIDINE
- 1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- 1,2,4-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- 1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- 1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- 1,3,4-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- CONJUGATED-LINOLEIC-ACID
- CONJUGATED-LINOLENIC-ACID
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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