The Institutes of Akbar 59.2.1

59.2.1

The Mahuwá tree resembles the mangoe tree; its wood is used for building purposes. The fruit, which is also called Gilaundah, yields an intoxicating liquor. The Bhólsirí tree is large and handsome; the fruit has an orange colour, and resembles jujubes. The Tárkul tree, and its fruit, resemble the cocoanut palm and its fruit. When the stalk of a new leaf comes out of a branch, they cut off its end, and hang a vessel to it, to receive the out-flowing juice. The vessel will fill twice or three times a day. The juice is called tárí; when fresh it is sweet; when it is allowed to stand for some time, it turns subacid, and is inebriating. The Paníálah fruit resembles the Zardálú; and its tree, the lime tree; the leaves are like those of the willow. When unripe, the fruit is green; and red, when ripe. The Gumbhí has a stem the branches of which are like creepers; its leaves and fruits, as those of the Aundr, come from below the roots. The Zarrf forms at the root; it grows mostly in the mountains, and weighs a man, more or less, when the creeper is a year old; and two, when two years old. It looks like a millstone. When older, it grows larger according to the same proportion. Its leaves resemble those of the water melon. The Piyár is like a small grape; brownish and sweet. The inside of the kernel is like butter, and is used in the preparation of food; it is called Chiraunjí. Its tree is about a yard high.