- Botanical name : Punica granatum Linn.
- Family : Punicaeae
- Malayalam : Matalam
- Tamil : Madalam
- English : Pomegranate
- Habit : Large deciduous shrub
- Useful part : Fruit
- Rasa Panchaka (madhura Dadima)
- Rasa : Madhura, kashaya, amla
- Guna : Laghu,snigdha
- Veerya : Anushna
- Vipaka : Madhura
- Karma : Tridoshashamana
- Indications : Daha, jwara, atisara, agnimandya
- Dose : Phala rasa (20-50ml), phala twak kwatha(40-80ml)
- Formulations : Dadimadya ghrita, dadimashtaka churnam
