Mihandzu wa Red Milkwood Wutele Vitamin C

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Red milkwood (Mimusops zeyheri) leyi tlhelaka yivitaniwa moepel, Mmupudu, umPushane, Nhlantswa na Mubululu yile kaya laha Afrika. Nsinya lowukulu wo tlhuma wa rihlaza himinkarhi hinkwayo wa red milkwood wukumeka e nhoveni yale nwalungwini wa Afrika Dzonga naswona yimila enhoveni leyinga tlhuma nale tintshaveni, eka ti kloofs nale tindzhawini tale milabyeni tale Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal nale xifundzheni xa Free State. Matluka ya wona ya dyiwa hi timhunti nati ndlopfu kasi mihandzu yakona yi dyiwa himinkawa, tinguluve ta nhova na vanhu.
Mihandzu ya nsinya wa red milkwood wanyanganya naswona wutele ti vitamin C (kusuka eka 50-90 mg hi 100 g) naswona wululamerile ku tshoveriwa kusuka hi April kuya eka October loko se wu lahlekeriwa hi vudamarhela bya wona na nhlonge ya wona na swalendzeni leswinga vupfangiki. (Mafi ma huma loko wutshoviwile ximilani xivaviseka.) Muhandzu wa kona iwa orange onge i xirhendzevutani kambe wunga wunga tshoveriwa wunga vupfangi ngopfu naswona wutasala wuvupfa endzhaku ka ntlhanu wa masiku.
Red milkwood wuna matimba yaku kota kupfuneta eka swakudya naku pfuneta eka ekhonomi yale ka tindzhawu ta arid naleti tinga semi-arid. Vulavisisi ku hlawula nsinya wa mihandzu yale nhoveni kuva wu byariwa ekaya xikan’we no xavisiwa ku kumeke red milkwood tani hi xirhandzwa (92.5%) eka ximilani loko ku pimanyisiwa na 64% wa van’wamapurasi lava vanga byalaka mobola plum. Van’wamapurasi eka tindzhawu hinkwato avatwa onge kuna kulaveka kakuva ku byariwa nsinya lowu kuva wu xavisiwa kumbe wuva wale kaya “hikuva misinya leyi ya mihandzu yakala swinene hintumbuluko loko yipimanyisiwa na mikanyi”.
Mihandzu ya Red milkwood yikota ku herisa vukalo bya vitamin C, ngopfu ngopfu hi mhaka yaku mihgandzu leyi yikumeka exikarhi ka nguva ya ximun’wana laha vitamin C yikalaka swinene ematiko xikaya. Mihandzu leyi yilulamisiwa yitlhela yi omisiwa laha yi vitaniwaka “sesema” laha yikotaka kutshama nkarhi woleha yite tano naswona yiva swakudya swakahle hi xixika leswi tsokombelaka. Nsinya lowu wu byariwa hiku olova kusuka eka mbewu naswona wu tsakela timpfula ta ximumu eka tindzhawu hinkwato ta tiko. Wuna timintsu toka tinga karhati, leti kotaka ku kondzelela kutitimela na dyandza hikwalaho ka mafi ya nsinya lowu naswona red milkwood awuna switsotswana leswi wu karhataka. Red milkwood wu rhandza misava ya vumba na loam naswona kuva wu hungutiwa swina nkoka kuva wuta humesa mihandzu leyinga fanela.

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Translated by Ike Ngobeni