Afrocarpus falcatus

Afrocarpus falcatus (syn. Podocarpus falcatus) nau'in itace ne a cikin dangin Podocarpaceae. Yana da asali daga dazuzzukan tsaunukan kudancin Afirka, inda ake yaɗuwa a Malawi, Mozambique, Afirka ta Kudu, da Eswatini. Sunaye da aka fi sani sun haɗa da yellowwood, bastard yellowwood, outeniqua yellowwood,[1] African Pine tree, crying yew,[2] Afrikaans: outeniekwageelhout, kalander, Sotho: mogôbagôba, Xhosa: umkhoba da Zulu: umsonti.[3] Yana yaɗuwa, a wasu yankuna yana da yawa, kuma ba a ɗaukarsa a matsayin abin barazana ba, amma itace ne mai kariya a Afirka ta Kudu.[3] Ana noma shi a matsayin itacen ado, musamman a Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma wasu lokutan a ƙasashen waje.[2]￼

## Bayyanawa
 Ana shirya ganye  juzu'i a kan rassan. Suna da ƙananan kuma suna da kunkuntar, har zuwa   in) tsawo da kimanin 6  in) fadi. Suna da kore zuwa rawaya, ba tare da gashi ba, kuma suna da fata kuma suna da ɗanɗano  ƙanshi. Yana da nau'in dioecious, tare da tsarin namiji da mace a kan tsire-tsire daban-daban. Maza yana da launin ruwan kasa tare da sikelin juyawa kuma yana auna 5 zuwa 15  in) tsawo da 3 mm ( in) fadi. Yana girma daga axils na ganye. Kwayar mace tana da sikelin daya dauke da iri daya kimanin 1 zuwa 2  in) tsawo. Iri mai launin toka-kore yana kama da drupe tare da rigar katako da aka rufe da nama, fata mai resinous.

Wasu daga cikin manyan mutane suna faruwa a cikin gandun daji na Knysna-Amatole, inda wasu samfurori suka wuce shekaru 1,000.

## Ilimin halittu
Itacen mata suna ba da 'ya'yansu ba bisa ka'ida ba, kawai a kowace 'yan shekaru. Yankin jiki na strobilus (ko "cone") yana rufe dukkan iri, kuma yana girma zuwa launin rawaya, lokacin da ya sami taushi, mai kama da jelly. Manyan wakilai na watsa iri sune jemagu na 'ya'yan itace, waɗanda ke cin naman nama amma suna watsar da tsaba mai wuya, mai katako. Tsuntsaye da yawa suna cin 'ya'yan itace, kamar su Cape Parrot, turaco mai launin ruwan kasa, Knysna turaco, Turaco na Ross, Kurciya ta zaitun ta Afirka, kurciya mai launin kore ta Afirka, da kurciya mai tagulla ta gabas. Dabbobi da ke cin abinci a kan tsaba sun hada da birai, bushpigs, hornbills, Turacos, da rodents. Wadannan bazai zama masu tasiri ba, saboda ya bayyana cewa tsaba da suka wuce cikin hanji na dabba ba sa tsiro da kyau.

An gano itacen don karɓar bakuncin mycorrhizae na arbuscular.

Yana iya girma a matsayin itace mai zaman kansa, a cikin ƙananan ɗakunan, ko a cikin manyan ɗakunan. An haɗa shi da Juniperus procera">Juniper na Afirka (Juniperus procera). 

## Amfani da shi
itace, sau da yawa ana kiransa podo ko yellowwood, yana da kyau don gini, musamman ginin jirgi. Hakanan an sanya shi cikin katako kuma ana amfani dashi don yin samfuran da yawa, gami da kayan ɗaki, akwatuna, tukwane, kayan wasa, kayan aikin gona, kayan kida, da haɗin jirgin ƙasa. Ana amfani dashi wajen gina gidaje. Hakanan ana amfani dashi azaman itace. Wasu misalai na tsohuwar katako na Afirka ta Kudu an halicce su da itacen wannan itace. Ana kuma amfani da itace don yin allon bene da tubalan parquet. Yankin ya ƙunshi 3-4% tannin kuma ana amfani dashi don fata fata. Itacen yana da amfani, amma ba mai ɗorewa ba, saboda yana da saukin kamuwa da ƙwayoyin cuta masu launin shudi, ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin tsaunuka, da ƙwayoyi.

Ana iya cin iri, amma yana da resinous. An yi amfani da bark da tsaba a cikin maganin gargajiya na Afirka. Ana noma itacen a matsayin kayan ado da kuma iska, da kuma hana rushewa. An yi amfani da shi azaman Itacen Kirsimeti.

## Karewa
Nau'in ya kasance mai saukin kamuwa da katako, aikin da mai yiwuwa ya yi ikirarin manyan samfurori da yawa. A wasu sassan Afirka ta Kudu katako ya daina, amma a wasu yankuna ba a san halin da ake ciki ba. Gabaɗaya, ba a ɗauke shi barazana a yanzu ba.

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