# Enquiry into Plants 17.1

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Γ, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/17.1

XVII. Ἔνια δὲ ἰδιώτερα, καθάπερ καὶ ὁ φελλός· γίνεται μὲν ἐν Τυρρηνίᾳ, τὸ δὲ δένδρον ἐστὶ στελεχῶδες μὲν καὶ ὀλιγόκλαδον, εὕμηκες δ᾿ ἐπιεικῶς καὶ εὐαυξές· ξύλον ἰσχυρόν· τὸν δὲ φλοιὸν παχὺν σφόδρα καὶ καταρρηγνύμενον, ὥσπερ ὁ τῆς πίτυος, πλὴν κατὰ μείζω. τὸ δὲ φύλλον ὅμοιον ταῖς μελίαις παχὺ προμηκέστερον· οὐκ ἀείφυλλον ἀλλὰ φυλλοβολοῦν. καρπὸν δὲ φέρει βαλανηρὸν ὅμοιον τῇ ἀρίᾳ. περιαιροῦσι δὲ τὸν φλοιὸν καί φασι δεῖν πάντα ἀφαιρεῖν, εἰ δὲ μὴ χεῖρον γίνεται τὸ δένδρον· ἐξαναπληροῦται δὲ πάλιν σχεδὸν ἐν τρισὶν ἔτεσιν.

---

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg001.local001/.