Hottentots Fig

Igama

Hottentots Fig, Sour Fig or Ice Plant [Carpobrotus edulis]

Indawalo yemvelo

Umhlobo lo wethuthumbo i-Hottentots Fig similo seligu esitholakala hlangana namaphadlhuka wamatje kanye nemibundwini esele iphamaphakamileko. Ithuthumbeli linothiswa khukhwelwa mihlobohlobo yeenunwana. Kunemihlobo yalo ebizwa nge-Carpobrotus, eminye yayo isetjenziswa umhlaba woke ukuqinisa nokuhlalisa kuhle ihlabathi.

Isithelo

Iinthelo zethuthumbeli ziyijuzi begodu ziyadliwa zinjalo nje zingomiswa nofana kwenziwe ngazo ijemu.

Ihlathululo

Isimilwesi sikhipha amakari akhamba ngamabili amade amumethe ijuzi begodu akheke ngesakhiwo se-trangular kezinye iincenye zawo. Amathuthumbo anombala ophephula, makhulu begodu anokudosa amehlo, anjalo nje anokubonakala njemhlobo obizwa nge-daisy. Ubukhulu bawo: amakari amamilimitha amasumi amahlanu ngobude; amathuthumbo wona abe mamilimitha amasumi alikhomba wobubanzi oburondo.

Ibuthelelolwazi ngomangwawo

Ngegama lawo elisuselwa ekudliweni kwalo elithi-Sour Figs (ifeyi elibabako) lidliwa mihlobo eminengi yeenlwani, kuthi ikghuru idle amakaralo, iinkghabu kanye neempunzi zithande ukudla amathuthumbo neenthelo zalo. Iinungu zona zidla iinthelo kuthi abantu basisebenzisele ukwenza isopo nejemu.
Amathuthumbo la anothiswa ziinyosi kanye nabonambhonge. Imbewu irhatjheka beyitjaleke ngothuvi bemihlobo yenlwani eziwadlako.