Grewia occidentalis

Grewia occidentalis
Conservation status
LC (mul)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom	Plantae
Order	Malvales (mul)
Dangi	Malvaceae (mul)
Genus	Grewia (mul)
jinsi	Grewia occidentalis Linnaeus, 1753

Seeds of Grewia occidentalis

Wani ɗan itace mai ƙaƙƙarfan shrub ko ƙaramin bishiya mai duhu na koren ganyen tsayin mita 3-10, wani lokacin yana birgewa.  Sunayen gama gari sune "crossberry" da "kusurwa huɗu."  Ganyensa masu sauƙi suna sheki, zurfin kore kuma ɗan ɗanɗano mai ɗanɗano, kusan 5-7cm tsayi tare da ƙananan hakora masu zagaye.  Sepals da petals suna samar da furanni masu siffa biyu waɗanda ba a saba gani ba, shunayya, shuɗi, ruwan hoda ko da wuya fari, 1.5-3cm a tsayi.  Lokacin furanni shine lokacin rani, sannan kuma 'ya'yan itatuwa masu lobed hudu (drupes).  Wadannan 'ya'yan itatuwa masu launin ja-launin ruwan kasa-kamar Berry suna zama a kan bishiyar bayan balaga kuma suna jan hankalin tsuntsaye masu cin 'ya'yan itace.

Rarraba da Gida

Grewia occidentalis yana faruwa ne ta hanyar halitta a duk faɗin kudu maso gabashin Afirka, inda kewayonsa ya kai daga Cape Town tare da bakin teku zuwa Mozambique da kuma cikin ƙasa zuwa Zimbabwe.

Yanayin asalin shuka sun bambanta sosai, ana samun su a cikin karoo mai bushe na yammacin Afirka ta Kudu da kuma daga Highveld, da kuma fadin gandun daji na Afromontane na Drakensberg kewayon gabar gabashin.

Girma Grewia occidentalis

Wannan tsire-tsire na lambu mai ban sha'awa yana jure wa sanyi mai sauƙi da fari. Hakanan yana girma a cikin cikakken rana ko inuwa. Tsarin tushen ba mai tsananin tashin hankali ba ne kuma saboda haka ana iya dasa shi kusa da gine-gine da shimfidar hanya, kuma yana da kyau sosai wajen jan hankalin malam buɗe ido da tsuntsaye zuwa lambun. Crossberry ya fi yaduwa daga iri, kodayake ko da a wannan lokacin yana iya zama mara kyau, kamar yadda yawanci iri yana buƙatar wucewa ta cikin hanji na biri kafin tsiro ya fara.

Ana cin 'ya'yan itace a cikin gida, ko dai sabo ne kuma ba a dafa su ba, an dafa su da giya na gargajiya, ko kuma an yi amfani da su tare da madarar awaki don yin yogurt.