Agwaluma

Agwaluma
Conservation status

Near Threatened (en) Fassara  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
KingdomPlantae
OrderEricales (en) Ericales
DangiSapotaceae (en) Sapotaceae
GenusGambeya (en) Gambeya
jinsi Gambeya albida
Aubrév. & Pellegr., 1961


Agwaluma wanda aka fi sani da farin tuffa, bishiya ce wadda take ƴaƴan a daji anfi samunta a duk faɗin Afirka. ana kiran wanann bishiyar da turanci da African star Apple haka ana yawan samun wannan bishiyar a Yammacin Afirka. Da yarbanci ana kiranta da Agbalumo da Yaren Igbo kuma udara. Bishiyar agwaluma tana yin ƴaƴa a shekara sau ɗaya zalla ƴaƴanta sunfi nuna a lokacin hunturu, ƴaƴanta jajjaye ne haka cikin su kuma fari-fari ne. Hausawa sun aro kalmar Agwaluma ne daga yaren Yarbanci wanda su, suke kiran bishiyar da Agbalumo su kuma Hausawa suka kirashi da agwaluma tunda babu shi a ƙasar Hausa.[1]

Ana shan agwaluma yanada zaƙi wani kuma yanada tsami, musamman mata tunba masu ciki ba.

  • Agwaluma na maganin zazzabin Malaria mai naci ko wanda bai jin magani. Binciken wanda aka wallafa a kundin BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine ya bayyana cewa wannan magani ka iya zama sabuwar karbabbiyar hanyar magance zazzabin duba da rashin nasarar da ake samu da sauran nau’ikan magunguna.
  • Agwaluma dai na dauke da sinadarin Vitamin C, wanda ke da matukar amfani a jikin dan adam.
  • Agwaluma na da matukar amfani ga mai dauke da juna biyu. Shan agwaluma na tsayar da amai da jiri wanda juna biyu ke haifarwa.
  1. "Plants of the World Online". Science.kew.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.