中山伝信録 巻六 - 翻刻

翻刻

　[吉姑羅]一名火鳳人家牆上多植之以辟火幹似覇
　王鞭草葉似慎火草花似黄菊亦有紅者名福禄木
　果有藕蔗西瓜青瓜木瓜橘《割書：数｜品》香橙金柑仏手茘枝
　竜眼葡萄桜桃楊梅覆盆子《割書：形如｜楊梅》栗柿核桃枇杷梅
　《割書：小如｜竜眼》異産有蕉実等
　[蕉実]芭蕉所結実名甘露花紫紅色大如瓢日開一
　弁結寔如手五六指並垂採久之膚理似藕之最嫩
　者可成熟之如薯而甘
　[阿呾呢]葉長旁有刺久成林連蔓堅利可為藩牆葉
　可造蓆根可造索開花者為男木花白若蓮弁合尖
　左右迸叠十与朶直上五椏蘂露如杖長数寸芳烈
　如橘花女木無花結実大如瓜膚紋起釘皆六稜可
　食云即波羅蜜別種粤東亦有之名鳳梨
　[櫧子]一名芝子如橡栗而小山中処処有之一名椎
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　竹有苦竹猫竹虎斑竹鳳竹竿竹箒竹烏竹大竿竹
　矢竹竻竹異産有観音竹
　[観音竹]着地叢生葉長尺許寛三四寸紫色

現代語訳

【吉姑羅】一名を火鳳という。人家の牆上に多く植えて火を辟ける。幹は覇王鞭に似、草葉は慎火草に似、花は黄菊に似る。また紅いものもあり福禄木と名づく。

果物には藕、蔗、西瓜、青瓜、木瓜、橘《注記：数品》、香橙、金柑、仏手、茘枝、竜眼、葡萄、桜桃、楊梅、覆盆子《注記：形は楊梅のごとし》、栗、柿、核桃、枇杷、梅《注記：小さきこと竜眼のごとし》がある。異産には蕉実等がある。

【蕉実】芭蕉の結ぶ実で甘露花と名づく。紫紅色で大きさは瓢のごとく、日に一弁ずつ開き、寔を結ぶこと手の五六指が並び垂れるがごとし。採って久しくすれば、膚理は藕の最も嫩きもののごとく、熟成させれば薯のごとくして甘い。

【阿呾呢】葉は長く、傍に刺があり、久しく林を成し連蔓して堅利で藩牆と為すべし。葉は蓆を造るべく、根は索を造るべし。開花するものを男木とし、花は白く蓮弁のごとく合尖し、左右に迸叠して十余朶が直上し、五椏の蘂が杖のごとく長く数寸露出し、芳烈なること橘花のごとし。女木は花なく実を結び、大きさは瓜のごとく、膚紋は釘のごとく起し、皆六稜で食べられる。これは即ち波羅蜜の別種で、粤東にもこれあり鳳梨と名づく。

【櫧子】一名を芝子という。橡栗のごとくして小さく、山中処処にこれあり。一名を椎子という。

竹には苦竹、猫竹、虎斑竹、鳳竹、竿竹、箒竹、烏竹、大竿竹、矢竹、竻竹がある。異産には観音竹がある。

【観音竹】地に着いて叢生し、葉の長さ尺許り、寛三四寸、紫色である。

英語訳

[Jikogura] Also called Fire Phoenix. People often plant it on house walls to ward off fire. The stem resembles Euphorbia royleana, leaves resemble fire-prevention grass, flowers resemble yellow chrysanthemums. There are also red ones called Fortune Wood.

Fruits include lotus root, sugarcane, watermelon, cucumber, papaya, mandarin oranges [Note: several varieties], fragrant oranges, kumquats, Buddha's hand citron, lychees, longan, grapes, cherries, Chinese bayberries, raspberries [Note: shaped like Chinese bayberries], chestnuts, persimmons, walnuts, loquats, and plums [Note: small as longans]. Among exotic products are banana fruits, etc.

[Banana Fruit] The fruit produced by banana plants, called Sweet Dew Flower. Purple-red in color, large as a gourd, opening one petal per day, bearing fruit like five or six fingers of a hand hanging in parallel. After picking and storing for a long time, the flesh texture resembles the most tender lotus root, and when ripened, it becomes sweet like sweet potato.

[Ateini] Leaves are long with thorns on the sides. Over time they form forests with interconnected vines, strong and sharp enough to serve as fencing. Leaves can be used to make mats, roots can be used to make rope. Those that flower are male plants; flowers are white like lotus petals with pointed tips, bursting and layering left and right with over ten clusters growing straight up. Five-branched stamens protrude like staffs several inches long, fragrant and intense like citrus blossoms. Female plants have no flowers but bear fruit large as melons, with raised skin patterns like studs, all hexagonal and edible. This is a different variety of jackfruit, also found in eastern Guangdong where it's called pineapple.

[Chinquapin] Also called Shiba nuts. Like acorns but smaller, found everywhere in the mountains. Also called Shii nuts.

Bamboo varieties include bitter bamboo, cat bamboo, tiger-spotted bamboo, phoenix bamboo, pole bamboo, broom bamboo, black bamboo, large pole bamboo, arrow bamboo, and flexible bamboo. Among exotic varieties is Kannon bamboo.

[Kannon Bamboo] Grows in clusters from the ground, with leaves about a foot long, three to four inches wide, purple in color.