Pongamia pinnata

Pongamia pinnata

Chinsense Pongamia pinnata (maina ena: Honge Tree, Pongam Tree, Panigrahi) ndi mtengo umene umapululuka masamba nyengo yozizira, pakati pa mamitala 15–25 kutalika, umene uli m’gulu la Fabaceae. Uli ndi m’mwamba mwamukulu ndi maluwa ang’onoang’ono ambiri oyera, pinki kapena violet. Unabadwa ku India, koma unafalikira kulimidwa ku m’mwera chakuvuma kwa Asia.

Lachinayi 24. November 2011 19:59 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Kudzala nthanga za mango

Mudzale nthanga za mango zongochotsedwa kumene kuti zimere bwino. Viyikani nthanga m’madzi ndi temperature yokwana 20–25°C kwa pafupifupi maola awiri mpaka asanu ndi imodzi.

Lachiwiri 22. November 2011 19:57 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo, Malangizo a kalimidwe ka mbewu

Mango a Kalimantan, Kasturi (Mangifera casturi)

Mango a Kalimantan (Mangifera casturi) kapena mu chilankhulo cha kuderako otchedwa Kasturi ndi mtengo wa zipatso opezeka kumadera otentha wautali 10–30 m umapezeka kawirikawiri kudera laling’ono lozungulira Banjarmasin ku Southern Borneo (Indonesia). Masiku ano supezekanso mchire chifukwa chakusavomerezekwa kodula zipika. Ngakhale zili chomwechi, ukulimidwabe m’derali chifukwa cha zipatso zake zokoma.

Lolemba 21. November 2011 19:55 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Fodya wa Mtengo Nicotiana glauca – Chomera chokongoletsa pamalo perspective!

Fodya wa Mtengo (Nicotiana glauca)

Khumbo la munthu ku chinthu chatsopano ndi chosachitikachitika lilibe malire. Alimi naonso amalota za chinthu chatsopano chimene angalime mmunda mwawo – chimene aliyense alibe. Msika wa mbewu nawonso umakhala ndi zinthu zatsopano za alimi – ndi cholinga choletsa njala imene alimi ofuna zinthu zabwino amakhala nayo. Kukhanzikitsidwa kwa malonda a mbewu zatsopano, kudzapangitsa kuti mitengo ya fodya izipezeka paliponse kwa alimi onse posachedwapa!

Loweruka 19. November 2011 19:31 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Ulimi wa Welwitschia mirabilis

Mbewu ya Welwitschia

Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) ndichomera chomwe chimamera ndi kukula m’kadera kakang’ono ka m‘mbali mwa nyanja ya mchere ya Atlantic mdziko la Namibia ndi kummwera kwa Angola. Welwitschia ndi mtengo weni-weni, ngakhale kuti sumaoneka choncho ukauona koyamba. Chomerachi chimakhala ndi chithime chimodzi chachifupi pomwe pamamela masamba awiri – omwe amaoneka ngati ma riboni awiri opiringizika. Welwitschia nthawi zina amaoneka ngati mulu wa zinyalala!

Lachisanu 18. November 2011 19:14 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Chipatso cha mkate Artocarpus odoratissimus, Marang

Genus Chipatso cha mkate (Artocarpus) ali ndi mitundu kuzungulira 60 a mitengo yobiliwira kuchokera ku gulu la Moraceae (gulu la mulberry kapena gulu la nkhuyu). Amapezeka ku South East Asia ndi kuzilumba za Pacific Ocean. Ma Chipatso cha mkate ndi abale enieni a mitengo ya nkhuyuFicus. Chipatso cha mkate amene amalimidwa kwambiri ndi Artocarpus altilis. Mitundu ina yambiri monga Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus integer (Cempedak), Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit, Nangka) ndi Artocarpus odoratissimus (Marang) ilinso m’gulu la Chipatso cha mkate.

Lachinayi 17. November 2011 19:07 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Kiwano – Cucumis metuliferus

Zipatso za Kiwano zazitali 10–15 cm zimaoneka ngati malalanje. Zili mugulu la minkhaka. Zipatso zake zili ndi tinyanga tating’onoting’ono pa makoko ake ndipo zimamupangitsa munthu kuganizira za chida cha nkhondo. Mnofu wa chipatso ndiwobiliwira ndipo nthawi zambiri umakhala ndi njere zoyera zambiri zazitali 5–10mm.

Lachitatu 2. November 2011 20:56 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Mpoza (Annona cherimola)

Tsopano mitundu yosangalatsa ya zipatso za kumadera otentha ikutumizidwa ku Ulaya. Ndakwanitsa kugula chipatso cha mpoza ndikuchilawa. Sichipezeka m’mashopu a zipatso koma ndithokoze makondedwe anga, nachonso chipeza malo ake kumeneko!

Mipoza ndi maina otchulidwa kwambiri pa zipatso za Annona cherimola zomera m’zigwa za Andes kuchokera ku Colombia mpaka ku Peru pamtunda wa 700–2400 m. Umapiliranso matemperature wotsika kotero ukhonza kudzalidwa malo ambiri m’madera ena othentherapo padziko lonse – ngakhalenso ku Israel ndi kum‘mwera kwa Spain. Pamitundu imeneyi tikudziwa pafupifupi mitundu 120.

Lachiwiri 1. November 2011 20:51 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Tiyi waku China – Limani tiyi wanuwanu!

Maluwa a tiyi

Nyengo yozizira isanafike kumapeto, mlimi aliyense amaganizira za chomwe adzalime munyengo ikudzayo. Kodi mumaona kuti kulima tomato, paprika ndi minkhaka ndikosavuta? Kodi mukufuna china? China chachilendo? Mukuganiza bwanji pa zolima tiyi wanuwanu chaka chino?!

Lolemba 31. October 2011 20:48 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo

Pinus kesiya - Khasi Pine, Paini wa Khasi

Khasi Pine, Paini wa Khasi (Pinus kesiya) ndi mtundu wa mitengo okula mwachangu ochokera ku Asia, umene sumapezeka ukulimidwa kawirikawiri kunja kwa dziko lake. Mitengo yake imakhala pakatikati pa mamita 30–35 kutalika kwake ndipo thunthu lamtengo chikhonza kukwana mitala imodzi mu dayamita (diameter). Nthambi iliyonse ili ndi tinthambi ting’onoting’ono titatu – iliyonse yotalika masentimitala 15 mpaka 20. Zipatso za mitengo imeneyi (zibalobalo za mtengo wa paini) zimakhala zazitali ma sentimitala 5 mpaka 9 ndipo njere zake zimakhala zazitali masentimitala 1.5 mpaka 2.5.

Lachiwiri 19. May 2009 18:22 | purintani | Zomera za chilendo