[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) › 12.6.25 # Naturalis historia 12.6.25 Naturalis historia 12.6.25 - **Language:** Latin ### [12.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.12.6.25) Genera arborum Macedones narravere maiore ex parte sine nominibus. est et terebintho similis cetera, pomo amygdalis, minore tantum magnitudine, praecipuae suavitatis, 15 in Bactris utique. hanc aliqui terebinthon esse proprii generis potius quam similem ei putaverunt. sed unde vestes lineas faciunt, foliis moro similis, calyce pomi cynorrhodo . serunt eam in campis, neque est gratior vinearum prospectus . 20 > CHAP. 13.—INDIAN TREES, THE NAMES OF WHICH ARE UNKNOWN. INDIAN TREES WHICH BEAR FLAX. The Macedonians have made mention of various other kinds of trees, the greater part of which, however, are without names. There is one which resembles the terebinth in every respect, except the fruit, which is very similar to the almond, though less in size, and remarkable for its extreme sweetness. This tree was met with in Bactria, and some persons looked upon it as a variety of the terebinth, rather than as bearing a strong resemblance to it. As to the tree from which they manufacture a kind of linen cloth, in leaf it resembles the mulberry-tree, while the calix of the fruit is similar to the dog-rose. This tree is reared in the plains, and there is no sight throughout the cultivated parts of the country that is more enchanting than the plantations of it. > — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, The Natural History of Pliny - [Previous: 12.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.12.6.24) - [Next: 12.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.12.7.26) - [Up: 12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.12.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Natural History of Pliny](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder~en-bostock-riley.12.13) — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.12.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.12.6.25) · Pramāṇa