SC - 14th Century

[Philippa Alderton]

Cubebs are not native to Africa.

For them to grow in Africa, they would need to have been imported to Africa,
whether they were cultivated or not.  Your previous post suggests that they
were grown in Africa.  I'm curious as to the source of that idea, since I
have never come across cubebs in relation to Africa other than through the
Red Sea trade.

Bear

> 	would need to be imported for cultivation. 
> 
> 	Bear 
> 
> While your thoughts are correct , the word extends back to medieval Latin
> and 
> thus from the Arabic. Is it possible that this member of the Piper group 
> could have been grown? Are you saying that the seeds would have had to
> have 
> been imported on an annual basis to be used for agricultural purposes? Or
> are 
> you saying that the crop, if it were grown needed to be reseeded regularly
> 
> and that the seeds produced from the current crop were sterile? I am 
> confused. ;_-(  Sorry. 
> 
> Ras 
> The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.- Solomon Ibn
> Gabirol
>