Agwaluma

Agwaluma
Conservation status
Near Threatened (en)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom	Plantae
Order	Ericales (en)
Dangi	Sapotaceae (en)
Genus	Gambeya (en)
jinsi	Gambeya albida Aubrév. & Pellegr., 1961

Agwaluma wanda aka fi sani da farin tuffa, bishiya ce wadda take ƴaƴan a daji anfi samunta a duk faɗin Afirka. ana kiran wanann bishiyar da turanci da African star Apple haka ana yawan samun wannan bishiyar a Yammacin Afirka. Da yarbanci ana kiranta da Agbalumo da Yaren Igbo kuma udara. Bishiyar agwaluma tana yin ƴaƴa a shekara sau ɗaya zalla ƴaƴanta sunfi nuna a lokacin hunturu, ƴaƴanta jajjaye ne haka cikin su kuma fari-fari ne. Hausawa sun aro kalmar Agwaluma ne daga yaren Yarbanci wanda su, suke kiran bishiyar da kuma Agbalumo su kuma Hausawa suka kirashi da agwaluma tunda babu shi a ƙasar Hausa.

Amfaninta

Ana shan agwaluma yanada zaƙi wani kuma yanada tsami, musamman mata tunba masu ciki ba.

• Agwaluma na maganin zazzabin Malaria mai naci ko wanda bai jin magani. Binciken wanda aka wallafa a kundin BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine ya bayyana cewa wannan magani ka iya zama sabuwar karbabbiyar hanyar magance zazzabin duba da rashin nasarar da ake samu da sauran nau’ikan magunguna.
• Agwaluma dai na dauke da sinadarin Vitamin C, wanda ke da matukar amfani a jikin dan adam.
• Agwaluma na da matukar amfani ga mai dauke da juna biyu. Shan agwaluma na tsayar da amai da jiri wanda juna biyu ke haifarwa.