Punica Granatum
The pomegranate, a native of northern Africa and
western Asia. The fruit is valued in warm countries on account of
its delicious cooling and refreshing pulp. Numerous varieties are
grown, some being sweet and vinous, and others acid or of a
bitter, stringent taste;
the color also varies from light to dark
red. The bark of the root abounds in a peculiar principle called
_punicin_. This bark appears to have been known to the ancients,
and used by them as a vermifuge, and is still used in Hindostan as
a specific against tapeworm. The rind of the fruit of the bitter
varieties contains a large amount of tannin, and is used for
tanning morocco leather. The flowers yield a red dye.
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