Zomera zobiriwira zimakongoletsa malo akumpoto kwa Namibia. Mtengo umodzi, komabe, umawonekera chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake achilendo - mtengo wa baobab.
Anthu akomweko akuti mtengowo udabzalidwa mizu yake mmwamba. Malinga ndi nthano, Mlengi mokwiya adaponya mtengo pakhoma la Paradaiso kwa Amayi Earth. Idakafika ku Africa, pamwamba pake pamakhala nthaka, kotero thunthu lofiirira ndi mizu yake ndi yomwe imawoneka.
Kodi baobab imakula kuti
Mtengo wa baobab ndi mtengo waku Africa, koma mitundu ina imapezeka pachilumba cha Madagascar, Arabia Peninsula ndi Australia.
Maina ophiphiritsira a mtengo wachilendo
Baobab amatchedwa mtengo wamphongo wakufa (kuchokera patali, chipatso chimawoneka ngati makoswe akufa), anyani (anyani amakonda zipatso) kapena mtengo wa kirimu (nyembazo, zosungunuka m'madzi kapena mkaka, m'malo mwa kirimu pophika).
Baobab ndi mtengo wopangidwa modabwitsa womwe umakula mpaka 20 mita kapena kupitilira apo. Mitengo yakale imakhala ndi thunthu lotambalala kwambiri, lomwe nthawi zina limakhala lopanda mkati. Baobabs amafika zaka 2,000.
Ngakhale njovu zimawoneka zazing'ono zikaimirira pansi pamtengo wakale wa baobab. Pali nthano zambiri zokhudzana ndi mitengo yayikuluyi, yomwe imawoneka ngati zotsalira kuyambira nthawi ina padziko lapansi. Zimphona zodabwitsazi zawona zochitika zambiri mdziko la Africa kwazaka zopitilira chikwi. Mibadwo yosawerengeka ya anthu yadutsa pansi pa denga lawo lamasamba. Baobabs imapereka malo okhala kwa anthu komanso nyama zamtchire.
Mitundu ya malambe
Baobabs kha tohukhu ha Sahara Afrika ndi kha zwa savannah. Ndi mitengo yodula, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti amataya masamba m'nyengo yozizira. Mitengoyo imakhala yofiirira mwachitsulo ndipo imawoneka ngati mizu ingapo imalumikizana. Mitundu ina imakhala ndi mitengo ikuluikulu yosalala. Makungwawo amafanana ndi khungu kukhudza. Baobabs si mitengo wamba. Thunthu lawo lofewa ndi la siponji limasungira madzi ambiri nthawi yachilala. Pali mitundu isanu ndi inayi ya baobabs, iwiri yomwe imachokera ku Africa. Mitundu ina imakula ku Madagascar, Arabia Peninsula ndi Australia.
Adansonia madagascariensis
Adansonia digitata
Adansonia perrieri
Adansonia rubrostipa
Adansonia kilima
Adansonia gregorii
Adansonia suarezenis
Adansonia za
Adansonia grandidieri
Baobabs imapezekanso kumadera ena padziko lapansi, monga zilumba za Caribbean ndi Cape Verde.
Malambe otchuka ku Namibia
Chodziwika bwino komanso cholemekezeka kumpoto kwa Namibia ndi mtengo wa baobab pafupi ndi Outapi, womwe ndi 28 m kutalika ndipo uli ndi thunthu lokwanira pafupifupi 26 m.
Akuluakulu 25, atatambasula manja, ndikukumbatira baobab. Ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati pobisalira m'ma 1800 pomwe mafuko anali pankhondo. Mtsogoleriyo anaboola dzenje mumtengo wapansi, ndipo anthu 45 anali atabisala mmenemo. M'zaka zotsatira, kuyambira 1940, mtengowo udagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati positi ofesi, bala, ndipo kenako ngati tchalitchi. Baobab ikukula ndikubala zipatso chaka chilichonse. Ali ndi zaka pafupifupi 800.
Nthambi ina yayikulu imamera ku Katima Mulilo m'chigawo cha Zambezi ndipo ili ndi mbiri yosasangalatsa: mukatsegula chitseko m thunthu, mlendo amawona chimbudzi chomwe chili ndi chitsime! Chimbudzi ichi ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zojambula kwambiri ku Katima.
Nthambi yayikulu kwambiri padziko lapansi
Mbaobabs ikaphuka ndi kubala zipatso
Mtengo wa baobab umayamba kubala zipatso pokhapokha utakwanitsa zaka 200. Maluwawo ndi okongola, akulu, makapu onunkhira bwino a utoto woyera. Koma kukongola kwawo sikukhalitsa, kumatha mkati mwa maola 24.
Kutulutsa mungu kumakhala kosazolowereka: mileme yazipatso, tizilombo ndi nyama zazing'ono zam'madzi zokhala ndi usiku wokhala ndi maso akulu - shrub lemurs - zimanyamula mungu.
Maluwa a baobab
Magawo osiyanasiyana a masamba, zipatso ndi makungwa akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu akumaloko pazakudya ndi zamankhwala kwazaka zambiri. Chipatso chake ndi cholimba, chowulungika mozungulira, cholemera kilogalamu imodzi. Zamkati zamkati ndizokoma komanso zili ndi vitamini C wambiri komanso zakudya zina, ndipo ufa wa zipatso uli ndi ma antioxidants.
Mafuta a Baobab amapangidwa ndikuphwanya mbewu ndipo akutchuka mu mafakitale azodzikongoletsera.
Chithunzi cha baobab ndi munthu
