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The stem is woody or has small oval leaves, and inside it has a core. And you see the bark of the stem from below cracked, swelling irregularly. Its fruit is abundant, and its clusters too, except that this grain has longitudinal and its fruit is not eaten, and it is smaller than the fruit of the sheep. The stem is more than two cubits high and has many branches. As for the Abtus, it is a medium-sized fruit. Its peel is green and smooth, and the Abtus's heart is soft. When the peel is removed, it reveals a black wood, as its blackness is light, and it is harmful. The more it ripens, the darker it becomes. The best Abtus is taken from the roots. This plant is not found in the graves. And the Mangala is from the land of the Fertit, and the Jufan and the Ju'an are similar, except that the Ju'an has a fruit like a date in size, sweet in taste, with some dryness like a gum. And when it is collected, it is also a medium-sized fruit. Its stem color tends towards redness, and its branches are not very branched. It has long thorns and short petiole bases, so one might think they are attached to the branches due to the shortness of their petioles. And these leaves are round and serrated, and its fruit is abundant like the hawthorn. And it has chambers, or it is woody. And my strong belief is that in each fruit there are four chambers separated by partitions. As for Darfarbit, and they