Gesho

Gesho
Conservation status
LC (mul)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom	Plantae
Order	Rosales (mul)
Dangi	Rhamnaceae (mul)
Genus	Rhamnus (mul)
jinsi	Rhamnus prinoides Eschscholtz,

Rhamnus prinoides, mai haske-leaf buckthorn, itace shrub na Afirka ko karamin itace a cikin iyalin Rhamnaceae . An fi sani da gesho, masanin ilimin tsire-tsire na Faransa Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle ne ya fara bayyana shi a kimiyya a cikin shekara ta 1789.

Bayyanawa

Rhamnus prinoides yana faruwa daga Habasha, Eritrea, da Kenya zuwa Afirka ta Kudu a matsakaici zuwa tsawo. Suna girma a kusa da rafi ko a gefen gandun daji. Ƙananan 'ya'yan itace masu cin abinci suna da ja mai haske da kuma 'ya'ya.

Amfani da shi

Tsire-tsire na Rhamnus prinoides yana da amfani da yawa tsakanin mazaunan Afirka. Ana girbe dukkan sassan shuka kuma ana amfani da su don abinci mai gina jiki, magani ko dalilai na addini.

A Habasha da Eritrea, inda aka san shuka da gesho ko gešo, ana amfani da shi ta hanyar da ta yi kama da hops. Ana tafasa rassan kuma an haɗa shi da zuma don yin ferment a mice da ake kira tej a Amharic da Tigrinya.

Hakanan ana amfani dashi a cikin giya na Talla (Saiwa a Tigrinya), giya na Habasha da Eritrea. Wannan abin sha na gida an yi shi ne daga gesho a matsayin babban sinadarin. Ana rarraba ganyen Gesho kuma ana buga su da tururi da pestle a cikin gari. Ana shirya malt na sha'ir kuma a raba shi kuma a niƙa shi. Wadannan sinadaran biyu sun haɗu, a cikin rabo wanda ya bambanta daga mai yin zuwa mai yin, kuma an fermented 3 zuwa 5 days a matsakaici. Finger millet (ko sorghum da garin masara a yankin) ana yin burodi, kuma a ƙarshe an haɗa su da maganin fermented. Bayan kwanaki 1-2 na fermentation, za'a iya tace Talla kuma a cinye shi a cikin abin sha da ake kira guesh (tsiray a Tigrinya). A tsakiyar Kenya an san shuka da "Mûkarakinga" kuma an yi imanin cewa magani ne. Ana yanka yumbu na shuka, a tafasa sannan a kara shi a cikin miya.