[Latin Name] Punica granatum L

[Plant Source] from China

[Specifications]Ellagic acid≥40%

[Appearance] Brown Fine Powder

Plant Part Used:Seed

[Particle size] 80 Mesh

[Loss on drying] ≤5.0%

[Heavy Metal] ≤10PPM

[Storage] Store in cool & dry area, keep away from the direct light and heat.

[Shelf life] 24 Months

[Package] Packed in paper-drums and two plastic-bags inside.

[Net weight] 25kgs/drum

Introduction

Pomegranate, (Punica granatum L in Latin), belongs to the family Punicaceae which includes only one genus and two species. The tree is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and has been cultivated since ancient times throughout the Mediterranean region of Asia, Africa and Europe.

Pomegranate offers abundant benefits for the cardiovascular system by preventing damage to arterial walls, promoting healthy blood pressure levels, improving blood flow to the heart, and preventing or reversing atherosclerosis.

Pomegranate may benefit people with diabetes and those at risk for the disease. It helps lower after-meal blood sugar levels and protects the cardiovascular system from diabetes-induced damage.

Pomegranate shows promise in killing prostate cancer cells, whether the cells are hormone-sensitive or not. Pomegranate also helped halt the progression of prostate cancer in men who had undergone surgery or radiation for the disease.

Pomegranate may fight the degeneration of joint tissue that leads to painful osteoarthritis, and may protect the brain against oxidative stress-induced changes that can lead to Alzheimer’s. Pomegranate extracts—alone or in combination with the herb gotu kola—help kill the bacteria that contribute to dental plaque, while helping to heal gum disease. Pomegranate also appears to protect the health of the skin and liver.

Function

1.Anti-cancer of rectum and colon, esophageal carcinoma,liver cancer,lung cancer,carcinoma of tongue and skin.

2.Restrain to human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) and many kinds of microbe and virus.

3.Anti-oxidant, coagulant, descenting blood pressure and sedation.

4.Resist to anti-oxidance, senescence inhibition and skin whitening

5.Treat kinds of symptoms caused by high blood sugar, hypertension.

6.Resist to atherosclerosis and tumour.

Application

Pomegranate P.E. can be made into capsules, troche and granule as healthy food. Besides, it has good solubility in water plus the solution transparence and brilliance color, has been widely added into the beverage as the functional content.

Genus: Ginkgo
Species: biloba
Family: GINKGOACEAE
Common name: Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo
Plant type: Deciduous
Origin: South-eastern China

Habit/form:

Traditionally you will find G. biloba categorized with coniferous trees, but it is not a conifer, although it does have a naked seed similar to conifers and cycads (gymnosperm) but that seed is inside a fleshy fruit. The Ginkgo make-up an order of a single family of a single genus and single species.

The Ginkgo seems to be a virtually unchanged plant since its emergence in the Jurassic Period. Fossil evidence shows that the Ginkgo we know of today are the same kinds of Ginkgo growing 180 million years ago.

It is listed as “distinct in the wild”, generally meaning we do not find any naturally growing, all specimens we are aware of are from cultivation. With that being said, there are some masterful old specimens still growing/living in China. A noble subject around monasteries, well respected, fruit is considered a delicacy since ancient times.

G. biloba is a great looking deciduous tree, slender and erect when young aging to a conical dome with good balance of thick trunk/trunks, can have multiple leaders, and main branches, branches can be weighted/heavy and some pendulous habit, younger branches can have a fine-shedding bark. Bark is rough/coarse, textured and grainy, also has a range of furrow depth/grooving, can have transverse lenticles. Bark colour ranging in grey-brown.

Ginkgo can grow up to 40m height and 30m wide, can find ranges of size from as little as 10m height and 13m wide, slow growing, long lived, full sun, protect from strong winds, handles the cold, tolerates some frost, deep moist soils.

Leaves:

A simple, small/handheld fan-shaped leaf, up to 80mm long and 100mm wide, new growth can be yellowish-green, maturing to bright green, and then turning vibrant yellow in Autumn. The leaf is usually as 2 equal lobes, some more pronounced than others, and has a slender petiole up to 100mm long connected to the ends of short lateral spurs. The leaves are held in bundles of 3-5 per spur. The spurs can remain on the branches even after the leaves have fallen off.

Flower:

Dioecious, inconspicuous, catkin-like, green, flowers in Spring, usually obscured by the foliage.

Fruit:

Solitary or paired drupe, obovoid, about 30mm long and wide, pale green ripening to dull yellow/yellow. Can have a terrible odour when ripe. Inside is a single cream ovoid nut about 20mm long. The seeds have been eaten throughout time.