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As for the saying known in Egypt, which is now illuminated, it contains wonderful colors of bright red, yellow, white, and brown, as previously mentioned. As for the trees, the only known trees they have are date palms, which are in Koba, and the fowl's neck, and Tamliya, as previously mentioned. The "tankeem" is verbal and practical. Some have bananas, and in the villages, there are lemon trees. The trees found there are all naturally grown. Among them, the most beneficial is the "bahleeli," which has two types: the yellow bahleeli and the red bahleeli, according to the color of their fruit. This fruit is like thick fennel. The bahleeli fruit is as large as the largest gourd in the land of Egypt. Its leaves are oval and few, and it has a sweet taste with some bitterness and a special aroma. This fruit is valuable and has a peel that is neither thick nor thin. They peel it and crush the fruit into a paste. It is like a wooden paste covered with a coating. When mixed with water, it becomes like wood. The pit is white, and it is a valuable thing, like a picture, light and white. It is bitter, but when it is sweetened, it is given in water for about three days, and they change the water every four or seven days, and its bitterness disappears. Some salt it, some fry it, and some bring it with honey. If it is salted, its taste is like salted almonds. There is a second type of bahleeli, which is