[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 59.2.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 59.2.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 59.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [59.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.2.3) The Supyárí, or betel nut, is called in Persian fúfal. The tree is graceful, and slender like the cypress. The wind often bends it, so that its crown touches the ground; but it rises up again. There are various kinds. The fruit when eaten raw, tastes somewhat like an almond, but gets hard when ripe. They eat it with betel leaves. The Sing’hárah is a triangular fruit; its creeper grows in tanks, and the fruit is on the surface of the water. They eat it raw or roasted. The Sálak grows in tanks under the earth. They go into the water and dig it up. The Pindálú is reared on lattice work, and grows about two yards high. Its leaf resembles the betel leaf; they dig up the root. The Kasérú grows in tanks. When the water gets low, they take it out of the ground and eat it, raw or boiled. The Súdét root is long and conical; the plant is a creeper, to whose root the fruit is attached. The Orange has the shape of an egg. One kind is called kághazí. Between the peel and the fruit is a thin white membrane. The fruit is juicy, and tastes well; one kind is to be had throughout the whole year. The Amalbét is like a lime, and very sour. If you put a steel needle into this fruit, the needle in a short time will dissolve; and a white shell when put into its juice, will soon disappear. - [Previous: 59.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.2.2) - [Next: 59.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.2.4) - [Up: 59.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.2.3) · Pramāṇa