I-Amaranthus caudatus, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Love-lies-bleeding, iwuhlamvu lwakudala olunezinzuzo eziningi zesimanje. Lesi sihloko sihlola ukubaluleka komsoco, ukutshalwa, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwe-Amaranthus caudatus kwezolimo.
I-Amaranthus caudatus iwuhlamvu lwasendulo oseluzuze isithakazelo esivuselelwe ezikhathini zanamuhla ngenxa yenani laso lokudla okunempilo nokuvumelana nezimo ezihlukahlukene. Ngokocwaningo olushicilelwe kumagazini i-Food Science & Nutrition, i-Amaranthus caudatus inokuqukethwe okuphezulu kwamaprotheni, i-fiber, amaminerali, nama-antioxidants okwenza kube isengezo esibalulekile ekudleni okunempilo. Kuphinde kube yisitshalo esimelana nesomiso esingatshalwa ezindaweni ezomile nezisagwadule, okuyenza ibe umthombo ongaba khona wokuthola ukudla ezindaweni ezinemithombo yamanzi elinganiselwe.
Kwezolimo, i-Amaranthus caudatus ingasetshenziselwa izinhloso ezehlukene, okuhlanganisa njengesitshalo sokumboza, isitshalo sefolishi, kanye nesitshalo sokusanhlamvu. Njengesitshalo sekhava, kuyasiza ukuvimbela ukuguguleka kwenhlabathi, ukucindezela ukhula, nokwenza ngcono ukuvunda komhlabathi. Njengesitshalo sefolishi, inikeza imfuyo ukudla okunomsoco, kuyilapho njengesitshalo sokusanhlamvu, ingasetshenziswa ukuze kudliwe abantu, njengokukhiqiza ufulawa, okusanhlamvu kwasekuseni, nokudla okulula.
Sengiphetha, i-Amaranthus caudatus iyisitshalo esishintshashintshayo esinezinzuzo eziningi zokudla okunomsoco kanye nezolimo. Ukulinywa kwawo kungaba nomthelela ekuvikelekeni kokudla, ukongiwa kwenhlabathi, kanye nezolimo ezisimeme. Njengoba abalimi nochwepheshe bezolimo behlola izindlela zokwenza ngcono ukuqina kwezinhlelo zezolimo, i-Amaranthus caudatus ingase ibe isitshalo esibaluleke kakhulu eminyakeni ezayo.
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