I-Baobab noma i-adansonia yisitshalo esingavamile kakhulu. Ekuboneni kuqala kubonakala sengathi lesi sihlahla, sikhula izimpande. It has a trunk kakhulu, efinyelela 10-30 m in circumference. Ukuphakama kwama-baobab kungama-18-25 m. Isihlahla singaphila iminyaka engama-5 000.
I-Baobab iyaphawuleka ngokukhuthazela kwayo. Akafi lapho i-bark igalelwa kuyo - ikhula futhi esihlahleni futhi. Lesi sitshalo singasinda ngisho noma siwela emhlabathini. Uma lokhu kushiya okungenani impande eyodwa elokhu ixhumana nenhlabathi, isihlahla sizoqhubeka sikhula endaweni yokulala.
Ukufunda ngezici ezinjalo ezingavamile zalesi sihlahla, abaningi bazoba nesithakazelo embuzweni wokuthi i-baobab ikhula kuphi?
Kuphi izwekazikazi i-baobab ekhula?
Izwekazikazi lomdabu lase-baobab yi-Afrika, okungukuthi, ingxenye yalo elishisayo. Izinhlobo eziningi ze-baobab zivame eMadagascar. Uma ebuzwa ukuthi i-baobab ikhula e- Australia , ingaphendulwa ukuthi kunhlobo oluthile lwe-baobab lapho.
Isici esinqumayo endaweni engokwemvelo lapho i-baobab ikhula khona yisimo sezulu. Emazweni asezindaweni ezishisayo, ikakhulukazi ama-savannas, ahlanganisa amahlumela ehlathi, abhekene nezinkathi ezimbili ezishisayo, ezithatha indawo eyodwa - ezomile kanye nezimvula.
Izakhiwo ezihlukile ze-baobab
I-Baobab iyisitshalo esintandokazi sabantu bendawo ngenxa yezinto eziningi eziwusizo ezibonakalayo:
- Izithelo ze-baobab zinambitha kakhulu futhi ziqukethe amavithamini amaningi. Ngezimfanelo zabo zokudla okunomsoco bayalinganiswa ne-veal. Abathandwa ngabantu kuphela, kodwa futhi nezinkanyana ezihlala kulezi zihlahla. Ngenxa yalokhu, lesi sitshalo sibizwa ngokuthi "imithi yemonkey";
- isithelo sinalo igobolondo elinzima, okuyinto emva kokusetshenziswa kwengxenye yangaphakathi isetshenziswa esikhundleni seglasi;
- ingaphakathi elomile le-fetus lisetshenziswa njengesiluleko,
Ukususa izinyosi nezinye izinambuzane. Zithinteka ngumoya owenziwe ngokushisa ingxenye engaphakathi yezithelo; - imbewu ye-baobab isemhlabathini futhi isetshenziselwa ikhofi;
- Umlotha otholakala ekushiseni kwezinsalela ze-fetal usetshenziselwa ukwenza isepha kanye namafutha emikhiqizo yokuthosa;
- kusuka izithelo zenza i-powder, esetshenziselwa ukugeza izinwele;
- ushiya ama-baobab asetshenziselwa ama-saladi;
- izitshalo zenza i-glue evela emhlabathini;
- kusuka emagqabeni omuthi wenze umlotha, osebenza njengesisombululo semikhuhlane, izifo zenhliziyo, isifo samathambo, amazinyo, ukulunywa kwezinambuzane, i-asthma.
Ngakho-ke, indawo yalesi sitshalo esimangalisayo inqunywa yizimpawu zezulu ezisezwenikazi, lapho umuthi we-baobab ukhula khona.