Chizindikiro cha moyo m'mapiri a ku Africa, giant baobab ndi mtundu wa Adansonia , gulu la mitengo yomwe ili ndi mitundu 9. Mitundu iwiri yokha, Adansonia digitata ndi Andansionia kilima , imachokera ku Africa, pamene achibale awo asanu ndi mmodzi amapezeka ku Madagascar ndi ku Australia. Ngakhale mtundu wa baobab ndi wawung'ono, mtengo wokha uli wosiyana kwambiri.
Ichi ndi chilombo cha chitsamba cha ku Africa, chimphona chamtundu wambiri chomwe chimatuluka pamwamba pa mthethe yotchedwa scacubland ikukweza nthambi zake za Medusa pamwamba pa thupi lamphuno.
Zingakhale zosatalika ngati nkhuni za redwood, koma kuchuluka kwake kumapangitsa kuti likhale lolimba kwambiri pamtengo waukulu padziko lapansi. Adansonia digitata akhoza kufika mamita 25/25 mamita, ndi mamita 14/14 mamita.
Nthawi zambiri Baobabs amatchedwa mitengo yozembera, chifukwa cha mawonekedwe a nthambi zawo. Iwo amapezeka mdziko lonse la Africa, ngakhale kuti kusiyana kwawo kuli kochepa chifukwa chokonda nyengo zamvula, zochepa kwambiri. Amayambanso kutsidya lina la nyanja, ndipo tsopano amapezeka m'mayiko monga India, China ndi Oman. Tsopano Baobabs amadziwika kuti amaposa zaka 1,500.
The Sunland Baobab
Chigawo chachikulu kwambiri cha Adansonia digitata baobab chilipo ndi Sunland Baobab, yomwe ili ku Modjadjiskloof, Province la Limpopo . Chiwonetsero chododometsa ichi chimakhala kutalika kwa mamita / 19 mamita, ndi mamita khumi ndi mamita 10.6 mamita. Pamalo ake akuluakulu, thunthu la Sunland Baobab lili ndi mamita 33.4 / mamita 33.4.
Mtengo umakhala ndi nthawi yochuluka yofikira mbiri yake-kuphwanya kufalikira, ndi chibwenzi cha kaboni kuchipatsa zaka pafupifupi pafupifupi 1,700. Pambuyo pa zaka 1,000, mababa amayamba kukhala osalimba mkati, ndipo eni ake a Sunland Baobab agwiritsa ntchito kwambiri chilengedwechi poika bar ndi vinyo mkati mwawo.
Mtengo wa Moyo
The baobab ali ndi zinthu zambiri zofunika, chifukwa chake amadziwika kwambiri monga Mtengo wa Moyo. Zimakhala ngati chimphona chachikulu komanso 80% ya thunthu ndi madzi. San bushmen ankadalira mitengoyo ngati madzi abwino pomwe mvula inalephera ndipo mitsinje inkauma. Mtengo umodzi ukhoza kukhala ndi malita okwana 1,189, pamene mtengo wa mtengo wakale ungaperekenso malo abwino.
Makungwa ndi nyama ndi zofewa, zowonjezereka komanso zosazimitsa moto ndipo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito popangira chingwe ndi nsalu. Zamagetsi a Baobab amagwiritsidwanso ntchito kupanga sopo, mphira ndi gulu; pamene makungwa ndi masamba amagwiritsidwa ntchito mankhwala achipatala. The baobab ndi wopereka moyo kwa zinyama zakutchire ku Africa, nayenso, nthawi zambiri amapanga zachilengedwe. Amapereka chakudya ndi pogona kwa mitundu yambiri ya zamoyo, kuchokera ku tizilombo tochepa kwambiri mpaka ku njovu yaikulu ya ku Africa.
Chipatso Chamakono Chamakono
Chipatso cha Baobab chimafanana ndi nsalu yotchinga, yomwe imakhala yowawa kwambiri ndipo imadzaza ndi nthanga zazikulu zakuda zokhudzana ndi mapepala, mapira pang'ono a powdery. Amwenye achimwenye nthawi zambiri amawatchula kuti baobab ngati mtengo wa mkate, ndipo amadziŵa za ubwino wa kudya zipatso ndi masamba ake kwa zaka zambiri. Masamba ang'onoang'ono akhoza kuphikidwa ndi kudyedwa ngati njira yina kuti sipinachi, pamene chipatso cha chipatso nthawi zambiri chimaviikidwa, kenaka chimakhala chosakaniza.
Posachedwapa, dziko lakumadzulo linayamikira chipatso cha baobab kukhala chipatso chachikulu kwambiri, chifukwa cha kashiamu, chitsulo, potassium ndi Vitamini C. Zambiri zimanena kuti masamba a chipatso amakhala ndi vitamini C pafupifupi khumi. ma malalanje atsopano. Lili ndi calcium 50% kuposa sipinachi, ndipo limalimbikitsidwa kuti khungu likhale lolimba, kulemera kwake ndi thanzi labwino la mtima.
Baobab Legends
Pali nkhani zambiri ndi miyambo yozungulira za baobab. Pakati pa mtsinje wa Zambezi , mafuko ambiri amakhulupirira kuti maolibab kamodzi adakula, koma adadziona kuti ndi abwino kwambiri kusiyana ndi mitengo yaying'ono yozungulira yomwe pamapeto pake milunguyo inaganiza kuti iphunzitse baobab phunziro. Iwo anazukulula ndi kuibzala, kuti athetse kudzikuza kwake ndi kuphunzitsa kudzichepetsa kwa mtengowo.
M'madera ena, mitengo yeniyeni imakhala ndi mbiri yokhudza iwo. Kafue National Park ya Zambia ndi nyumba yaikulu kwambiri yomwe anthu amidzi amadziwika kuti Kondanamwali (mtengo umene amadya atsikana). Malinga ndi nthano, mtengowo unagwidwa ndi chikondi ndi atsikana anayi a komweko, amene anasiya mtengo ndikufuna amuna m'malo mwake. Pobwezera, mtengo unakoka anyamatawo mkati mwawo ndikuwasungira kumeneko kosatha.
Kumalo ena, amakhulupirira kuti kutsuka kamnyamata mumtengo kumene makungwa a baobab amathyoka kumuthandiza kukula ndi wamtali; pamene ena amatsatira mwambowu kuti akazi okhala m'dera la baobab akhoza kukhala ochuluka kwambiri kuposa omwe amakhala m'dera lomwe mulibe baobabs. Kumalo ambiri, mitengo ikuluikulu yosatha imadziwika ngati chizindikiro cha mudzi, ndi malo osonkhanitsira.
Chigamulo cha Baobab ndi ulemu wa dziko la South African, womwe unakhazikitsidwa mu 2002. Umaperekedwa chaka ndi chaka ndi pulezidenti wa ku South Africa kuti apatse nzika zapadera pa ntchito zamalonda ndi zachuma; sayansi, mankhwala, ndi luso lamakono; kapena msonkhano wamtundu. Anatchulidwa pozindikira kupirira kwawo, komanso chikhalidwe chawo ndi chilengedwe.
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndi Jessica Macdonald pa August 16, 2016.