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Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review
Punica protopunica Balf. is one of only two species housed by the Punica genera. Punica protopunica. Balf., known as Socotran pomegranate, is an endemic, isolated species found only in Socotra archipelago in the northwestern Indian Ocean, and is considered to be the ancestor of pomegranate. This rev...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7570187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32947914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9091214 |
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author | Guerrero-Solano, José Antonio Jaramillo-Morales, Osmar Antonio Jiménez-Cabrera, Tania Urrutia-Hernández, Thania Alejandra Chehue-Romero, Alejandro Olvera-Hernández, Elena G. Bautista, Mirandeli |
author_facet | Guerrero-Solano, José Antonio Jaramillo-Morales, Osmar Antonio Jiménez-Cabrera, Tania Urrutia-Hernández, Thania Alejandra Chehue-Romero, Alejandro Olvera-Hernández, Elena G. Bautista, Mirandeli |
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description | Punica protopunica Balf. is one of only two species housed by the Punica genera. Punica protopunica. Balf., known as Socotran pomegranate, is an endemic, isolated species found only in Socotra archipelago in the northwestern Indian Ocean, and is considered to be the ancestor of pomegranate. This review stems from the fact that in many Punica granatum L. articles, Punica protopunica Balf. is mentioned, but just in an informative way, without mentioning their taxonomic and genetic relationship and their medicinal properties. It is there where the need arises to know more about this forgotten species: “the other pomegranate tree.” A large part of the human population does not know of its existence, since only its “sister” has spread throughout the world. The present review deals with the taxonomy and origin of Punica protopunica Balf., the morphology of the tree, distribution, cultivation, vulnerability, and as well as its relationship with Punica granatum L. It also discusses its uses in traditional medicine, its antioxidant capacity, and the medicinal properties of this forgotten species. |
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spelling | pubmed-75701872020-10-28 Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review Guerrero-Solano, José Antonio Jaramillo-Morales, Osmar Antonio Jiménez-Cabrera, Tania Urrutia-Hernández, Thania Alejandra Chehue-Romero, Alejandro Olvera-Hernández, Elena G. Bautista, Mirandeli Plants (Basel) Review Punica protopunica Balf. is one of only two species housed by the Punica genera. Punica protopunica. Balf., known as Socotran pomegranate, is an endemic, isolated species found only in Socotra archipelago in the northwestern Indian Ocean, and is considered to be the ancestor of pomegranate. This review stems from the fact that in many Punica granatum L. articles, Punica protopunica Balf. is mentioned, but just in an informative way, without mentioning their taxonomic and genetic relationship and their medicinal properties. It is there where the need arises to know more about this forgotten species: “the other pomegranate tree.” A large part of the human population does not know of its existence, since only its “sister” has spread throughout the world. The present review deals with the taxonomy and origin of Punica protopunica Balf., the morphology of the tree, distribution, cultivation, vulnerability, and as well as its relationship with Punica granatum L. It also discusses its uses in traditional medicine, its antioxidant capacity, and the medicinal properties of this forgotten species. MDPI 2020-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7570187/ /pubmed/32947914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9091214 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Guerrero-Solano, José Antonio Jaramillo-Morales, Osmar Antonio Jiménez-Cabrera, Tania Urrutia-Hernández, Thania Alejandra Chehue-Romero, Alejandro Olvera-Hernández, Elena G. Bautista, Mirandeli Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review |
title | Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review |
title_full | Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review |
title_fullStr | Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review |
title_short | Punica protopunica Balf., the Forgotten Sister of the Common Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): Features and Medicinal Properties—A Review |
title_sort | punica protopunica balf., the forgotten sister of the common pomegranate (punica granatum l.): features and medicinal properties—a review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7570187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32947914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9091214 |
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