Zwikhopha na dzi Quivers zwa Richtersveld

Kokerbooms

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Miri ya zwikhopha ndi inwe ya zwithu zwine zwo adza vhukuma Richtersveld. I dovha ya vhidziwa upfi kokerbooms, kana quiver, hezwi zwithu zwine zwa vha na matsinde ane a kunga vhukuma zwi ya kona u tshila lwa minwaha ya 400 nahone dzi ḓa nga zwivhumbeo zwo fhambananaho. Dzo ḓala nga maanḓa nahone uya kona u dzi vhona dzi khou hula na matomboni na tsini na bada. Ipfi ḽa uri ‘quiver tree’ ho vha hu tshi vha hu tshi khou lifhiswa kha zwi Bushman na Khoikhoi vha vha zwimi, vhe vha vha vha tshi fara mapfumo avho kha matavhi a hollowe kokerboom.
Kha ḽa Richtersveld, tshaka tharu kha ṱhanu dza kokerboom dzi a wanala. Hezwi ndi:
Muri wa Quiver une wa vha wo tou ralo/Kokerboom (Aloe dichotoma). Uya hula wa swika kha 9m uya nnṱha na hone u ṱaluswa nga vhukati huna havha huhulwane na maṱari ane avha o vulea na maṱari ane a hula nga nnḓa. I wanala dzi thavhani dza Stinkfontein na fhethu hune havha uri ho oma northern Richtersveld,hune iya kona uhula yo lapfa na maṱari ane avha o lelulwa. Ḓaka ḽa kokerboom (ḽine ḽa vhidziwa upfi mmbi) kha ḽa Richtersveld National Park ndi hone fhethu ha khwiṋe hune wa nga kona u vhona hezwi zwithu zwa mvelo zwa kale.
Pillan Quiver Tree, ine ya dovha ya vhidziwa upfi Bastard Quiver Tree kana Basterkokerboom (A. pillansii). Iya hula u swika kha 10m u lapfa na tsinde ḽine ḽa vha ḽo khwaṱha. Ina matavhi asi manzhi o khwaṱhaho na maṱari mahulwane u fhirisa muzwala wa hone, A. dichotoma. Dzi nkhumbudza nga ha show ya Mel’ mavhudzi ahone, ubva kha vha The Simpsons, arali zwi tshi nga thusa. Dzi hula thavhani tsini na mulambo wa Orange, ubva Baken uya Tatasberg, huna u ṱanḓavhuwa kha thavha ya Dragon’s Bac tsini na Eksteenfontein. Hafha Richtersveld National Park, uya kona u dzi vhona kha ḽa Helskloof na kha Cornell’s Kop.
Muri wa Maiden’s Quiver Tree, kana Nooienskokerboom (A. ramosissima): a u wanalesi u fana na minwe ya kokerbooms, hetshi tshikhopha tshi sumbedza tshiṱaka u fhirisa muri. Tshina matavhi manzhi ane a phaḓalala u tsa fhasi. I nga hula uya kha dzi methara dzo vhalaho uya nnṱha a anwa nga maluvha ane avha na muvhala wa tshitopi, kanzhi nga Shundunthule. I wanala kha dzi thavha khulwane na tsini na milambo.

Muri une wa Konḓa u Wanala

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Muri une wa konḓa u wanala, ndi tshikhopha tsha Pearson (Aloe pearsonii) tshi ya wanala Helskloof kha ḽa Richtersveld National Park na kha dzi thavha tsini na mulambo wa Orange Namibia. Ina matavhi manzhi ane avha fhasi, ane a vha na tshivhumbeo tsha tswia, hune havha na maṱari maṋa uya nga leyara. Hedzi dzi leyara dzi ṱanḓavhuwa dzi tshi khou tsela fhasi, nga nḓila ine ya kunga ya Geometric.
Hune mmbi hangei Helskloof yo phaḓalala na hone tshimela hetshi tshi ya vala thavha ya ndila ya matombo. Tshimela tsho riniwa dzina ḽi tshi bva kha Dr. H.H.W. Pearson, director wa u tou thoma wa Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, we a thoma u hwala hetshi tshimela nga 1910.

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe