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.
Isigaba Amaqathi akhula entwasahlobo
I-carrot, esijwayele ukuyisebenzisa ekusebenzeni kokudla, isayensi ibizwa ngokuthi "iCrorot etshalwe." Lena yi-subspecies yesanqante yasendle, isitshalo esineminyaka emibili ubudala. Eminyakeni engaba ngu-4000 eyedlule, izaqathe zahlonywa kuqala futhi zisetshenziselwa ukudla. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, lesi sitshalo sezimpande siyingxenye ebalulekile yezitsha eziningi ezilungiselelwe emakhakheni asekhaya.