A History of Agriculture in India v2.c76.14

v2.c76.14

‘The *Chalta* resembles a large tulip. It consists of eighteen petals, six green ones above, six others, some red, some green, some greyish yellow, and six white. In the midst of the flower, as in the flower called *Hamesha Bahar*, there are nearly two hundred little yellow leaves, with a red globule in the centre. The flower will remain quite fresh for five or six days after having been plucked. It smells like the violet. When withered, the flower is cooked and eaten. The tree resembles the pomegranate tree and its leaves look like those of the lime tree. It blooms in seven years.