In hyperkalemia, the level of potassium in blood is too high. A high potassium level has many causes, including kidney disorders, drugs that affect kidney function, and consumption of too much supplemental potassium. Usually, hyperkalemia must be severe before it causes symptoms, mainly abnormal heart rhythms.
The pomegranate grows naturally as a tree 20 to 30 feet high, although commercially available cultivars grow as dense, bushy shrubs or small trees from 6 to 15 feet tall.
In addition to their exotic, one-of-a-kind taste, pomegranates (Punica granatum), which thrive in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 11, bear a striking form: a near-hexagonal shape with a crown-like calyx protruding from the blossom end, and a leathery, crimson skin pulled taut around a sac-filled interior.