 the love of the man grows in the land of shahrazur and they claimed that it is good for intercourse. the crimson is a tree in persian called panjakasht that is rarely found except with oleander and it is a plant that is used for guidance with the oleander that grows there and it is called zahar so it was planted with it in a place where it is. it was said that they were all carried by the romans and it has a long strange story.
وحب الزلم ينبت بأرض شهرزور، وزعموا أنه جيد للجماع، والقرماز شجر بالفارسية بنجكشت قلما يوجد إلا ومعه الدفلى، وهو نبت يستخير بالدفلى النابتة عنده يقال له فازاهر فلذلك غرس معه في موضع يكون به، وقيل حملا جميعا من الروم وله قصة عجيبة طويلة.