Cape Rose Geranium

©Alice Notten of Kirstenbosch
Cape Rose Geranium essential oil-Pelargonium capitatum x radens (luvha) ndi yone ine yo topoliwa kha dzinwe dzine dza vha dza khwiṋe dza 700 dzine dza vha uri dzo ṱavhiwa dzi geranium na u ṱanganiswa ha mbili kha tharu dzine dza bveledza mapfura.
Huna u ḓaḓa zwi tshi ḓa kha dzina, ngauri tshimela ndi pelargonium fhedzi huna ‘geranium’ ine i sokou vha hone lwa minwaha yo fhiraho…
Tshimela tshi bva kha ḽa Afrika Tshipembe hune vha lushaka lwa masotho vha tshi shumisa kha u lafha zwilonda na vhulwadzze ha fhasi ha ma. Uya kona na u lafha PMS na musi uthu ono hula asi tsha vhona maduvha iya kona na kha u fhedza mutsiko.
Ya dovha ya ṱanganiswa na zwiḓolo. Iya kona na u shuma u vhuyedzedza he muthu a vha o vhaisala hone na musi ovha o tou swa. Iya dovha ya shuma na kha zwiḽiwa u zwi fha muthetshelo, iya kona u fhodza na hune muthu avha o vhaiswa nga zwikhokhonono.
Naho huna uri vhubvo hayo ndi Afrika Tshipembe, iya ṱavhiwa ḽifhasi ḽothe nga maanḓa kha ḽa India, China na Egypt. Maṱari aya kona u kaṋiwa luraru kana luṋa kha nwaha kha nwaha.
Hune ya tou bveledzwa nga hunzhi kha ḽa Afrika Tshipembe ndi Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape na Limpopo province. Tshimela hetshi atshi funi murotholo.

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Nḓivho ndi ya zwa pfunzo na ufha vhathu vhuṱanzi azwi faneli u dzhiwa unga zwo ambiwa nga dokotela. Nḓivho hei ayo ngo ḓela uri ni litshe mishonga ya dokotela ni shumise hezwi.

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe