I-prickly futhi engenakulinganiswa ngokuphelele. Ngokuvamile ziyaqhakaza bese ikhula kancane kancane. Konke lokhu kungashiwo ngembali ye-cactus, iningi lethu eliyithandayo. Futhi kungani abantu bemthanda? Mhlawumbe, ngenxa yokungathobeki kwakhe. Nakuba, mhlawumbe ngenxa yento eyingqayizivele nokungazi lutho. Phela, akuyona i- cornflower noma i-chamomile, ekhula yonke indawo ensimini yethu noma emadlelweni.
Abantu abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi indawo yokuzalwa yezimbali ze-cactus yizintaba zase-Afrika noma e-Asia. Kodwa, ngokunamathela kulo mbono, baphutha kabi kakhulu. Kulesi sihloko, sizokwazi ukuthi i-cactus ivelaphi nokuthi yiziphi izimo zokuphila ezibhekwa njengokwemvelo kuye.
Izwe lomdabu lomhlanga
Empeleni, amahlane ase-Afrika ashisayo abe indawo yokuzalwa yesikhumba. Njengamanye amazwekazi, iziqhingi namazwekazi, i-cactus yalethwa e-Afrika kusukela eNew World ngezinyoni ezihamba njalo.
Cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-36 edlule, i-cacti yabonakala kuqala eMelika. Futhi isiphephelo sokugcina salezi zitshalo ezimangalisayo kwakuyiYurophu. Kodwa safunda ngezitshalo zameva ngisho nangemva kwalokho. Futhi-ke, ngenxa yezohwebo - i-cacti yaqala ukusiyisa eMadagascar naseSri Lanka ekuthengiseni.
Muva nje, ngenxa yabalimi abaningi, ikakhulukazi kuleli cala, ososayensi abavela eHolland baphumelele, kunezinhlobo ezintsha zezinhlobo ze-cacti eziye zahlulwa, kuhlanganise nalabo abangazange babe yizicathulo. Manje ungahlangabezana nezibonelo ezingalindelekile ngokuphelele.
I-cacti ejwayelekile kakhulu ethathe izimpande emhlabeni wonke futhi, kungashiwo, ukuyiqeda, i-opuntia iyabhekwa. Lezi zinhlobo zivumelane ngokuphelele nanoma yiziphi izimo zendawo entsha. I-Opuntiae ayitholakali ngaphandle kwe-Antarctica. Kodwa, ngokwesibonelo, izakhamuzi zaseCrimea ezinjalo ziyaziwa kahle, nokuthi uhlobo olusendle lwezilwane luphi.
Kodwa manje uyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi izwe lakubo lezi zitshalo zasendlini njenge-cactus yi-America.