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Source botanical record

Punica granatum

Punica granatum L.

FamilyLythraceae
GenusPunica
Use categories8
Linked notes7
Poison use is recorded for this taxon.This is a classification flag, not a dosage guide. Do not infer safe use from any documented-use label.

Botanical identity

This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.

KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMyrtales
FamilyLythraceae
GenusPunica
Scientific name with authorshipPunica granatum L.

Documented use categories

Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Fuel
Gene source
Material
Poison reported
Social use

These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.

How to interpret this record

Evidence boundary

A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.

Safety boundary

Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.

Dataset record and provenance

DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier554129-1
Use codesEU FU GS HF MA ME PO SU
Crop wild relativeNo

Contributing checklist sources

Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of New GuineaPlant Resources of South-East AsiaPlant Resources for Tropical AfricaUseful Plant ProjectUseful Plants of West Tropical Africa

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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation

The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.

Connected preparations

Where Punica granatum appears.

Published field notes linked to this botanical identity. Each preparation carries its own safety and evidence boundary.

Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Decoction of Punica granatum

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Powder of Punica Granatum

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Decoction of Punica granatum

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Decoction of Punica granatum

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Decoction of Punica granatum

A primary-source historical Decoction preserved from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines. Its extracted passage does not state a specific use; Astringent is shown only as related same-plant context.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Decoction of Punica Granatum root

A primary-source historical Decoction preserved from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines. Its extracted passage does not state a specific use; Astringent is shown only as related same-plant context.

Open note
Historical Herbal PreparationsTraditional use

Decoction of Punica granatum

A primary-source historical Decoction preserved from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines. Its extracted passage does not state a specific use; Headache is shown only as related same-plant context.

Open note
Ethnobotanical layer

Traditional-use records for Punica granatum.

Historical associations preserved from the USDA Dr. Duke dataset. These records are not treatment recommendations.