# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.12.10

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.12.10

Εἰ δέ τις τῶν δένδρων καὶ ὅλως τῶν ὑλημάτων τοιαύτη φύσις ἐστὶν ὥστε τοὺς μὲν καρποὺς ἀμίκτους ποιεῖν ἔχοντας τὴν οἰκείαν δύναμιν καθαρὰν τὰ δὲ φύλλα καὶ ἄλλο τι τῶν μορίων μικτὰ τούτων οὐδὲν κωλύει καθάπερ εἴρηται τὰ μὲν φύλλα βρωτὰ τὸν δὲ καρπὸν ἄβρωτον εἶναι. Παραπλήσιον δέ τι τούτοις καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ῥιζῶν τῶν ἐδωδίμων ἐστὶν ὧν τὰ μὲν φύλλα σχεδὸν ἄβρωτα διὰ τὸ ξηρὰ εἶναι καὶ ἀκανθώδη οἱ δὲ καυλοὶ ἐδώδιμοι αὐταὶ δὲ αἱ ῥίζαι καὶ ἡδεῖαι.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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