تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 10.9.2

10.9.2

green ginger and clusters of pepper, and they eat these with food, taking a little of these salted things after every mouthful. When the ʿanba ripens in the autumn season its fruits turn yellow and they eat them like apples; some cut it with a knife and some suck it. It is sweet, its sweetness mingled with a little sourness. It has a large stone, which they plant and trees grow from it, just as the stones of bitter oranges and the like are planted.