Ki tambleg
Tangkal ki tambleg Afrika (Adansonia digitata) di Bagamoyo, Tanzania, deukeut ruruntuk Kaole
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Adansonia

Spésiés

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Adansonia, baobab, atawa nu di Pasundan katelah ki tambleg nyaéta génus dalapan spésiés tangkal pituin Madagaskar (genep spésiés), Afrika jeung Semenangjung Arab (hiji spésiés), jeung Australia (hiji spésiés).

Pedaran édit

Ukuran tangkal ki tambleg bisa ngahontal 5–30 m, anapon diaméter batangna 7–11 m. Ki tambleg Glencoe - spésimén ki tambleg Afrika di Propinsi Limpopo, Afrika Kidul, dianggap conto bungkeuleukan nu pangbadagna, kurilingna nepi ka 47 m[2]. Diaméterna kira-kira 15,9 m. Ceuk sakaol, umur ki tambleg bisa nepi ka rébuan taun, tapi teu bisa dipastikeun.

Spésiés édit

 
Ki tambleg Adansonia digitata ngora di Hyderabad, India.

Nyerep cai édit

Ki tambleg neundeun cai dina kaina nu 'bareuh' (nepi ka 120.000 l)[4].

Mangpaat édit

 
Panjang buahna 18 cm

Ti 2008, ki tambleg mimiti diulik pikeun kaperluan konsumsi[5][6]. Di Afrika (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwé, jeung Sahel), daunna biasa didahar salaku lalab atah atawa tipung nu digaringkeun. Di Nigéria, daunna nu katelah kuka sok diangeun[7]Citakan:Verify credibility.

Kandungan giji buahna kaitung onjoy, ku sabab vitamin C-na leuwih loba batan jeruk jeung kalsiumna leuwih loba batan susu sapi[8]. Daging buahna dibubur atawa dicampur jeung susu, atawa dijus[8]. Di Zimbabwé, buah nu dina basa Shona katelah mawuyu geus ti baheula biasa didahar. Buahna ogé bisa dijieun krim tartar[9].

Siki ki tambleg biasa dipaké keur pangentel sop, tapi ogé bisa dipeuyeum jadi bungbu, disangray, atawa digiling diala minyakna.

Galeri édit

Rujukan édit

  • The Baobab's official website, Baobab (en)
  1. "Genus: Adansonia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United State Department of Agriculture. 2008-11-12. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-14. 
  2. "Big Baobab Facts". Diakses tanggal 2008-01-08.  Archived 2008-01-06 di Wayback Machine
  3. "GRIN Species Records of Adansonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United State Department of Agriculture. Diakses tanggal 2011-01-14. 
  4. "The Baobab tree in Senegal". Diakses tanggal 2008-10-01.  Archived 2008-10-04 di Wayback Machine
  5. "Scientists predict African fruit trees could help solve major public health problem". Bioversity International. Diakses tanggal 2008-10-01.  Archived 2007-08-13 di Archive.today
  6. Hills S. "Baobab goes for GRAS ahead of 2010 World Cup" FoodNavigator.com-USA, 30 Séptémber 2008
  7. http://blog.notcutts.co.uk/latest-articles/2010/9/13/the-oldest-trees-in-the-world.html Archived 2011-08-12 di Wayback Machine – The oldest trees in the world (access date 2010-09-13)
  8. a b "New exotic fruit to hit UK shops". BBC. 2008-07-15. Diakses tanggal 2008-07-15. 
  9. "Baobab tree -- a miracle of nature". Geo-Images Project. October 2000. Diakses tanggal 2010-02-12.  Archived 2010-01-31 di Wayback Machine

Bacaan salajengna édit

  • Baum, D. A.; Small, R. L.; Wendel, J. F. (1998). "Biogeography and floral evolution of baobabs (Adansonia, Bombacaceae) as inferred from multiple data sets". Systematic Biology 47 (2): 181–207. doi:10.1080/106351598260879. PMID 12064226. 
  • Braun, K. (1900) Beiträge zur Anatomie der Adansonia digitata L. F. Reinhardt, Universitäts-Buchdruckerei, Basel, OCLC 15926986
  • Colin, Tudge (2006, 2005). The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter (1st U.S. ed.). New York, NY: Crown Publishers. ISBN 1-4000-5036-7. OCLC 64336118. 
  • Lowe, Pat. The Boab Tree. Port Melbourne, Australia: Lothian. ISBN 0-85091-912-6. OCLC 39079651. 
  • Pakenham, Thomas (2004). The Remarkable Baobab (1st American ed.). New York, NY: Norton. ISBN 0-393-05989-8. OCLC 56844554. 
  • Watson, Rupert (2007). The African Baobab. Cape Town, South Africa; London, England: Struik; New Holland. ISBN 978-1-77007-430-9. OCLC 163617611. 
  • Wickens, G. E.; Lowe, Pat (2008). The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. Berlin, Germany; New York, NY: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4020-6430-2. OCLC 166358049.