Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants 3.10.2

[2] Μονογενὴς δὲ καὶ ἡ μίλος, ὀρθοφυὴς δὲ καὶ εὐαυξὴς καὶ ὁμοία τῇ ἐλάτῃ, πλὴν οὐχ ὑψηλὸν οὕτω, πολυμάσχαλον δὲ μᾶλλον. ὅμοιον δὲ καὶ τὸ φύλλον ἔχει τῇ ἐλάτῃ, λιπαρώτερον δὲ καὶ μαλακώτερον. τὸ δὲ ξύλον ἡ μὲν ἐξ Ἀρκαδίας μέλαν καὶ φοινικοῦν, ἡ δ᾿ ἐκ τῆς Ἴδης ξανθὸν σφόδρα καὶ ὅμοιον τῇ κέδρῳ, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ τοὺς πωλοῦντάς φασιν ἐξαπατᾶν ὡς κέδρον πωλοῦντας· πᾶν γὰρ εἶναι καρδίαν, ὅταν ὁ φλοιὸς περιαιρεθῇ· ὅμοιον δὲ καὶ τὸν φλοιὸν ἔχειν καὶ τῇ τραχύτητι καὶ τῷ χρώματι τῇ κέδρῳ, ῥίζας δὲ μικρὰς καὶ λεπτὰς καὶ ἐπιπολαίους. σπάνιον δὲ τὸ δένδρον περὶ τὴν Ἴδην, περὶ δὲ Μακεδονίαν καὶ Ἀρκαδίαν πολύ· καὶ καρπὸν φέρει στρογγύλον μικρῷ μείζω κυάμου, τῷ χρώματι δ᾿ ἐρυθρὸν καὶ μαλακόν· φασὶ δὲ τὰ μὲν λόφουρα ἐὰν φάγῃ τῶν φύλλων ἀποθνήσκειν, τὰ δὲ μηρυκάζοντα οὐδὲν πάσχειν. τὸν δὲ καρπὸν ἐσθίουσι καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τινὲς καὶ ἔστιν ἡδὺς καὶ ἀσινής.