Pomegranate

It is one of the plants that was dedicated to Aphrodite during antiquity. It is a rigid plant and it has been cultivated in Kythera since very long ago without some particular care. Scientific Name:
 Punica granatum Family: 
 Lythraceae, (Punicaceae) Kythera Name:
 Rodia, Rogdia Name in other places of Greece:
 Rodia, Roidia, Rogdia Collection: The useful parts of pomegranate tree are its flowers, leaves, skin and the fruit seeds. Pomegranate tree is cultivated usually in the house gardens. Fruits are collected in autumn. Properties: Skin is used as an insecticide substance cleaning bowels. Flowers and skins are astringent and they are used in diarrhea and dysenteries, hemorrhoids etc.  Fruits are a useful food for those with mental work.