Krantz Aloe

© Roger de la Harpe

Name

Krantz Aloe

Igama lesiLatini

Aloe arborescens

Inkcazelo

I-Aloe arborescens yi-aloe eninzi eneemveliso ezinamaqabunga anqabileyo, aluhlaza. Amagqabi aqheleke ngokugqithiseleyo kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni kwaye ahlaziyeke kakhulu ngombala oqanda. I-sap isetyenziswe ukuphatha izifo zesisu ngeenkulungwane ezininzi. Amaqabunga aya kugcina amanzi ukwenzela ukuba isityalo siphephe isomiso.
I-spikes emininzi yeentyatyambo ezibomvu ze-coral zivela ngoMeyi ukuya kuJulayi. Iintyatyambo ziqhutyelwa kwiimpawu ezinamandla kwaye zininzi okanye zincinci. Uninzi lwe-aloe zibaluleke kakhulu zokutya kwezilanga zelanga ezivakatyela iintyatyambo zifuna i-nectar kwaye kwinkqubo yokuvelisa impova.

Indawo

Njengoko igama lithetha ukuba i-Krantz Aloe ikhula kakhulu kwiindawo ezinqabileyo kunye namatye - kodwa ifumaneka nakwiindawo ezincinci. Ngenye yeentlobo ezimbalwa zeAloe ezitholakala kunxweme nasezintabeni kwaye zisasazwa kulo lonke elaseMzantsi Afrika ukuya eMozambique, Zimbabwe naseMalawi.

Amanqaku afakwe

Ijusi ekrakrayo yeqabunga le-Aloe lalisetyenziselwa ngabantu basekuhlaleni ukunyanga iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokugula, kodwa kwiminyaka emashumi edlulileyo entsholongwane zifumanisa iimpawu zokuphulukisa izityalo zeAloe. Amagunya okuphilisa esi sityalo ayenzeka ngokwenene emva kokuba iibhomu ze-atomic ze-WWII xa zitshisa amaxhoba athathwe ngomxube we-Aloe.