Hoʻonani ka lau nahele i ka ʻāina ma Namibia ʻākau. Kū hoʻokahi naʻe ka lāʻau ma muli o kona ʻano ʻokoʻa - ka lāʻau baobab.
Wahi a nā kamaʻāina ua kanu ʻia ka lāʻau me nā aʻa o luna. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻolei ka Mea Hana i ka lāʻau i luna o ka paia o Paradise i Mother Earth. Ua pae i ʻApelika, aia ka piko o ke poʻo i ka lepo, no laila ʻike wale ʻia ke kumu ʻeleʻele ʻōlinolino a me nā aʻa.
Ma hea e ulu ai ka baobab?
ʻO ka baobab kahi kumulāʻau ʻApelika, akā hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mau ʻano ma ka mokupuni ʻo Madagascar, ka ʻAlapia ʻAlapia a me ʻAukekulia.
Nā inoa kūlike no kahi kumulāʻau ʻokoʻa
Kapa ʻia ka baobab i ka lāʻau o ka iole i make (mai kahi mamao aku, ua like ka hua me nā ʻiole make), nā ʻīlio (makemake nā ʻīlio i ka hua) a i ʻole kumu lāʻau kalima (nā hua hua, i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai a i ʻole ka waiū, e pani i ka ʻaihue i ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana).
ʻO ka baobab kahi kumulāʻau ʻano ʻokoʻa e ulu ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o 20 m a ʻoi paha. He kumu ākea loa ko nā lāʻau kahiko, a he puha i loko o kekahi manawa. Ua piʻi ʻo Baobabs i ka makahiki 2000.
ʻIke liʻiliʻi nā ʻelepani ke kū lākou ma lalo o kahi lāʻau baobab kahiko. Nui a hewahewa nā kaʻao e pili ana i kēia mau kumulāʻau hanohano, me he mea lā he relic ia mai kekahi au ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Ua ʻike kēia mau pilikua kupaianaha i nā hanana he nui ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika ma mua o hoʻokahi tausani makahiki. Ua hala nā hanauna he nui o ka poʻe ma lalo o ko lākou pale lau. Hāʻawi ʻo Baobabs i hale no nā kānaka a me nā holoholona hihiu.
Nā ʻano baobaba
Paʻa nā Baobabs i ka ʻĀpana ʻo Sahara ʻApelika i nā ʻāina savannah. He mau lāʻau deciduous lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi ua nalowale kā lākou lau i ka wā hoʻoilo maloʻo. ʻO nā kumu he metallic brown i ke kala a ʻike ʻia me he mea lā ua hoʻopili ʻia nā aʻa he nui i kekahi i kekahi. Loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻano i nā kumu paheʻe. ʻAno ka ʻili me ka ʻili i ka hoʻopā. ʻAʻole nā kumu lāʻau Baobabs. Mālama ko lākou kumu palupalu a spongy i ka nui o ka wai i ka wā maloʻo. ʻEiwa mau ʻano baobaba, ʻelua o lākou i kū i ʻApelika. Ulu nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i Madagascar, ka ʻAlapia ʻAlapia a me ʻAukekulia.
Adansonia madagascariensis
Adansonia digitata
Adansonia perrieri
Adansonia rubrostipa
Adansonia kilima
Adansonia gregorii
Adansonia suarezenis
Adansonia za
Adansonia grandidieri
Loaʻa nā Baobabs ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, e like me nā mokupuni Caribbean a me Cape Verde.
Nā baobaba kaulana ma Namibia
ʻO kahi hiʻona kaulana a kaulana hoʻi ma ke kūkulu ʻākau o Namibia ka lāʻau baobab kokoke i Outapi, ʻo 28 m ke kiʻekiʻe a me ka nui o nā kumu ma kahi o 26 m.
25 mau mākua, e paʻa ana nā lima kīkoʻo, apo i ka baobab. Hoʻohana ʻia ia ma kahi huna i nā makahiki 1800 ke kaua nā ʻohana. Ua kālai ke poʻo i kahi lua ma kahi lāʻau ma ka papa honua, a he 45 mau kānaka e peʻe ana i loko. I nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, mai 1940, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau ma ke ʻano he hale leka, pa, a ma hope he hale pule. Ke ulu mau nei ka baobab a hua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma kahi o 800 kona mau makahiki.
Ulu aʻe kekahi baobab nui ma Katima Mulilo ma ka moku ʻo Zambezi a he kūlana maikaʻi ʻole kona: ke wehe ʻoe i ka puka i ka pahu, ʻike ka mea kipa i kahi lua me kahi lua wai. ʻO kēia lua kahi o nā mea paʻi kiʻi nui ʻia ma Katima.
ʻO ka baobab mānoanoa o ka honua
Ke mōhala ka baobabs a hua ka hua
Hoʻomaka ka lāʻau baobab e hua i ka hua ma hope o 200 mau makahiki. Nani nā pua, nunui, ʻaʻala, a me nā ipu kīʻaha keʻokeʻo momona. Akā pōkole ko lākou nani; mae lākou i loko o 24 mau hola.
He mea maʻamau ka pollination: ʻōpeʻapeʻa hua, nā kolo a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi pctct nocturnal liʻiliʻi me nā maka nunui - nā lāʻau lūlū - lawe i ka pollen.
Baobab pua
Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka lau, nā hua a me ka ʻili e nā poʻe kūloko no ka meaʻai a me nā lāʻau no nā kenekulia. Kūpaʻa ka hua, ʻano oval, ke kaupaona ʻana ma mua o hoʻokahi kilokilo. ʻOno ka pulp o loko a momona i ka wikamina C a me nā meaola ʻē aʻe, a he mau antioxidants ka hua pauka.
Hana ʻia ka aila Baobab e ka haki ʻana i nā ʻanoʻano a ke loaʻa nei ka kaulana i ka ʻoihana cosmetic.
Kiʻi o ka baobab me kahi kāne
