Ashtangahridayasamhita 157

157

svāduṃ nidāghe śaradi svādu-tikta-kaṣāyakān |
śarad-vasantayo rūkṣaṃ śītaṃ gharma-ghanāntayoḥ || 56 ||

in summer, sweet; in autumn, sweet, bitter, and astringent. / Dry in autumn and spring; cold in the hot season and at the end of the rains;