Alexander the Great Brought the Apricot to Epirus - Alexandri Maqedonise solli Kajsine ne Epir
This fruit is Mala Armeniaca or Mala Epirotica, Apricot, or Kajsi in Turkish. Alexander the Great brought the Apricot from Armenia to Greece and Epirus that was part of Greek Macedonia. Greeks call the Apricot μῆλα ἀρμενιακά or Ηπειρωτική μηλέα . Romans called the Apricot "Praecotia" Ky frut është Mala Armeniaca ose Mala Epirotica, ose Kajsi në Turqisht. Aleksandri i Maqedonise Helne e solli Kajsinë nga Armenia në Greqi dhe Epir qe ishte nen Maqedonine Helene. Grekët e quajnë kajsine μῆλα ἀρμενιακά - Mollë armene ose Ηπειρωτική μηλέα Romakët e quanin kajsinë "Praecotia". Pedanius Dioscorides, "the father of pharmacognosy", was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De Materia Medica, a 5-volume Greek encyclopedic pharmacopeia on herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, that was widely read for more than 1,500 years He wrote that Epirotica Mala (Apricot) was good for the stomach and supports urinary health. He also says...
