El I-Agave americana ngesinye salezo zitshalo ezijwayela ukuhlala kahle kunoma yikuphi lapho kulula khona ukuba zivame. Kepha ayinhle kangako ngoba iyabonakala kakhulu; Eqinisweni, kulezi zinsuku kuningi okutshalwe kuma-xero-gardens, okungukuthi, kulezo lapho izitshalo kufanele zigcinwe ziphelele kuphela ngamanzi awela esibhakabhakeni inqobo nje uma kungabhekwa njengesitshalo esihlaselayo.
Ngoba yebo, ngeshwa luhlobo lwe-Agave olungavunyelwe emazweni amaningi. Ngokwalesi sizathu, Sizokutshela konke ngakho ukuze, ngale ndlela, wazi ukuthi ungakuhlonza kanjani ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ungabaza.
Ziziphi izici zayo?
I-Agave americana igama lesayensi le- a zinhlobo zomdabu eMexico naseningizimu ye-United States esenziwe ngokwemvelo eNingizimu Melika, eSpain, e-Asia, eNdiya, e-Australia naseNew Caledonia. Ichazwe nguCarlos Linneo futhi yashicilelwa ku- Izinhlobo Plantarum ngonyaka we-1753, futhi uthola amagama ajwayelekile we-agave, maguey, pita ejwayelekile noma i-maguey ephuzi.
Kubonakala ngokuba ne- amaqabunga amnandi, aminyene akhula ngokuvunguza. Lawa afinyelela kumamitha amabili ubude ngama-2cm ububanzi, ane-lanceolate, futhi anemibala ehlukene: okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka-mhlophe, okumpunga nokumhlophe, okuluhlaza noma okuhlukile (okuluhlaza nokuphuzi). Njengoba zikhula, zakha isiqu esisebenza "njengesiqu samanga" esivame ukukala ubude obungu-25cm.
Izimbali kanye kuphela ekupheleni kwempilo yayo, okuyinto eyaziwa njengesitshalo se-monocarpic. Uma lokhu kwenzeka, i-inflorescence engamamitha ayishumi ukuphakama cishe ngo-10cm ububanzi iqhuma phakathi nendawo, ekugcineni okungenhla kwama-florets, kusatshalaliswa kuma-panicles avulekile. Ngamunye wabo cishe u-5-10cm. Izithelo ziyi-capsule ye-trigone enwetshiwe ngaphakathi lapho sizothola khona imbewu emnyama emcaba. Ngaphambi kokufa, likhipha inani elikhulu lamaswidi empandeni yalo.
I-Agave americana f Variegata
Isithombe esivela kuFlickr / Megan Hansen
Ingabe ikhona ukusetshenziswa?
Kulawo mazwe lapho enziwe khona ngokwemvelo, iqiniso ukuthi akunjalo, ngoba ukuphatha kwayo ezimweni eziningi-kubandakanya iSpain- akuvunyelwe, kepha kokunye kusetshenziswa njenge isitshalo sokuhlobisa, Ngaphezu kwe khiqiza i-mezcal okuwutshwala obenziwa ngejusi enothe ngoshukela okhishwe kusiphuzo sesiqu sembali. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, eMelika Ephakathi nayo isetshenziswa njenge zokwelapha: ubisi njengenkukhu; kuthathwe ukwelapha isifo sohudo, ukuqunjelwa, ukuqunjelwa, i-jaundice, kanye ne-laxative; nokufakwa kwamaqabunga njengesihlanzo.
Ekugcineni, ngeke sikukhohlwe lokho ngentambo yendwangu yamahlamvu ayo, intambo, amanetha nezinye izinto ezifanayo ziyakhiqizwa, lokhu kuyinto eqinile kakhulu.