I-Tunbergia ingokomndeni wakwa-Acanta. Kuyinto eminingi, futhi kuyo ingatholakala amafomu ama-shrub nama-liana. Kuphelele, kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-200, indawo yokuzalwa yaseTanbergia yizindawo ezishisayo zase-Afrika, eMadagascar nase-Asia eseningizimu. Uyazi? Leli gama labizwa ngegama lohlonishwayo wemvelo waseSweden nomhloli weJapane neNingizimu Afrika uKarl Peter Thunberg.
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I-Astra iyizinhlobonhlobo ezinkulu ze-shades nezibunjwa zezimbali. Kulula ukusho ukuthi yiziphi izinkanyezi ezimbala ezingatholakali: i-orange ne-green. Kukhona ngisho amabhasikidi amabili, okungajwayelekile kakhulu emhlabeni wemibala. Lokhu kubangela isithakazelo sabalimi futhi kuvuselele umcabango wabakhi bemvelo. Kodwa i-aster, njenganoma isiphi esinye isitshalo, idinga indlela ekhethekile yokulima.