Diospyros whyteana

Diospyros whyteana (wanda aka fi sani da bladdernut, Swarts, Kofi na daji ko umTenatane) ƙaramin itace ne na Afirka na dangin ebony . Yana ɗauke da kore mai duhu, ganye masu haske da furanni masu ƙanshi, ana noma shi a cikin lambunan Kudancin Afirka a matsayin itace mai ban sha'awa da ƙarfi. Zai iya kaiwa tsawo har zuwa 6 m. 

Rarraba

Bladdernut yana da rarraba mai yawa, yana faruwa daga Cape Town a kudu zuwa Dutsen Arc na Gabashin Tanzania a arewa, ta hanyar Afirka ta Kudu, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, da Malawi, da Tanzania. Yana girma a cikin gandun daji na Afro-montane da kuma kan gangaren dutse.

Yana girma a gefen gandun daji mai laushi, sau da yawa tare da itatuwan Hagenia abyssinica, Newtonia spp. , da Cephalosphaera usambarensis, a cikin gandun daji tare da rafi da koguna, da kuma cikin gandun dajin. Ya kasance daga (1350-) 1500 zuwa 2300 mita tsawo a cikin wurare masu zafi, kuma kusan zuwa matakin teku a cikin yanayin yanayi na Afirka ta Kudu a kudancin ƙarshen kewayenta.

Shuka

Wannan ƙaramin itace mai ban sha'awa yana da kyau ga lambuna, tare da siffarsa mai kyau, ganye masu duhu da ƙananan jan 'ya'yan itace, waɗanda suka fara tasowa daga kimanin Agusta zuwa Nuwamba. Idan aka dasa shi kadai yana yin "tsire mai mahimmanci" mai kyau (musamman a cikin ƙananan lambuna). Koyaya, yana kuma yin shinge mai kyau, saboda yana da ganyayyaki masu yawa kuma yana amsawa sosai ga yankewa. A ƙarshe, ana iya shuka shi azaman shuka mai akwati (Har ma ana amfani dashi azaman samfurin Bonsai). Ana iya shuka Diospyros a cikin rana da kuma inuwa, kodayake yana girma da tsayi a cikin inuwa. Da zarar an kafa shi, yana Mai tsayayya da fari. Yana da furanni masu ƙanshi, kuma yana jan hankalin tsuntsaye zuwa lambun.

Diospyros ne dioecious (raba namiji da mace itatuwa), amma ana iya yaduwa cikin sauƙi daga iri, wanda ya kamata a fara gogewa / gogewa kafin dasa. Tsuntsu yawanci yana tsiro a cikin makonni da yawa, kuma ƙananan bishiyoyi suna da jinkirin girma.

Hotuna

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  A small specimen, growing in Cape Town.
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  The small white flowers will fill a garden with pleasant fragrance.
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  Medium-sized specimen in Kirstenbosch gardens on the slopes of Table Mountain.
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  Diospyros whyteana used for hedging in South Africa.
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  Detail of foliage
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  The fruits of the Bladdernut tree are enclosed in a paper-like sheath, while the seeds make a good coffee substitute when ground up.
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  Diospyros can be pruned into a small bush.