An bayyana asalin kasar Afirka ta kudu a shekarar 1976, protea cynaroides shine kyawawan tsire-tsire masu kyau kamar yadda kasar kanta take. An samo shi ne kawai a cikin Cape Floristic Region, sarkin protea ne na kare Tsaro, wadda ke cikin ɓangare na iyalin Proteaceae - ƙungiya wadda ta ƙunshi kusan guda 1,350.
Masarautar sarki tana da mafi girma daga furen nau'i na jinsinta kuma yana da fifiko ga fure-furen artichoke.
Girma har zuwa 300mm na diamita, wadannan furanni masu ban mamaki sun bambanta da launin launi mai launin ruwan horarru da launin ruwan hoda mai zurfi. Tsarin kanta yana tsiro tsakanin mita 0.35 da mita 2 a tsawo kuma yana da tsintsiya mai zurfi wanda ya kai zurfin ƙasa. Wannan nau'in ya ƙunshi ƙwararrun matuka masu yawa, yana barin sarki ya kare shi don tsira da mummunan yanayi wanda yakan saukowa a duk fadinsa. Da zarar gobarar take ƙonewa, budurwa mai tsauri suna fitowa a cikin tsawa na launi - don haka jinsi sun zama kama da sake haihuwa.
Symbolism of King Protea
Masarautar sarki ita ce daya daga cikin alamomin da ake iya ganewa a Afirka ta Kudu, tare da tsalle-tsalle springbok da flag-rainbow flag. A cewar gwamnatin Afirika ta Kudu, furen "alama ce ta kyakkyawan ƙasarmu, da kuma samar da damar da muke da ita a matsayin al'umma na neman Renaissance na Afrika". Ya bayyana a kan kullun Afrika ta Kudu, tare da kashe wasu alamomi.
Wadannan sun hada da lambobi biyu daga wani zane-zane mai suna Khoisan, babban sakataren tsuntsu da biyu suka haye kayan gargajiya.
An ladabi kungiyar 'yan wasan kudancin Afirka ta Kudu da "Proteas", kuma furen ya bayyana a cikin wasanni na wasanni. Kodayake ana kiran 'yan wasan rugby bayan springbok, ba kare ba, jimlakin wasanni biyu suna nuna alamar kare sarki a launuka na zinariya da kyancin Afirka ta Kudu.
Kalmar Protea
Wasu lokuta ana kiransa su da sukari, 'yan mamar kare karewa suna fitowa daga tsire-tsire masu tsalle-tsire zuwa itatuwan mita 35. Dukansu suna da fata masu launin fata da furanni kamar ƙwayoyi (ko da yake bambance-bambancen sun bambanta sosai). Wasu nau'ikan suna girma da karami, yayin da wasu suna da ruwan hoda mai yawa da kuma baki. Sauran suna kama spiky orange pincushions. Bisa ga wannan bambancin banbanci, mai suna Carl Linnaeus mai shekaru 18 ya kasance mai suna Protea genus bayan Girikancin Allah Proteus, wanda ya iya canza yanayinsa a nufinsa.
Rabawar Family Proteaceae
92% na nau'o'in karewa suna da alaƙa ga Cape Floristic Region, wani yanki a kudu da kudu maso yammacin Afirka ta Kudu wanda aka gane shi ne cibiyar UNESCO ta Duniya domin irin bambancin launin fata. Kusan dukkanin sunadaran sun yi girma a kudancin kogin Limpopo - sai dai daya, wanda ke tsiro a kan gangaren Dutsen Kenya .
An yi tunanin cewa kakanni na iyalin Proteaceae sun fara bayyana miliyoyin shekaru da suka wuce, lokacin da wuraren da ke kudu maso yammacin suka kasance a haɗe kamar tsohuwar kari, Gondwana. Lokacin da nahiyar ya rabu, an raba iyali zuwa yankuna guda biyu - reshe na Proteoideae, wanda yanzu yake fuskantar kudancin Afirka (ciki har da kare sarki), da kuma reshen Grevilleoideae.
An samo mafi yawan jinsunan a kudu maso yammacin Australia, tare da kananan mazauna a gabashin Asiya da kudancin Amirka.
Protea Research
Kasashe a Cape Floristic Region da kuma yankin fure-fure na kudu maso yammacin Australia sun tabbatar da cewa masu sha'awar kare dabbobi sun fi dacewa. Wadannan wurare suna wakiltar guda biyu daga cikin mafi girma a duniya. Bisa ga wani binciken da masana kimiyya na Birtaniya suka gudanar, sauyin juyin halitta sau uku ne sau da yawa fiye da na al'ada, tare da sababbin jinsunan kare wanda ke bayyana a duk tsawon lokacin kuma ya haifar da bambancin bambancin rayuwa. A Afirka ta Kudu, masana kimiyya a kudancin Kirstenbosch Gardens suna cikin manyan ayyuka don tsara taswirar kare lafiyar kudancin Afrika.
Inda za a Samu su
A yau, ana bunkasa proteas a kasashe fiye da 20.
Suna girma da ƙaddamar da kasuwanci ta hanyar kungiyoyi ciki har da Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya da aka gabatar da su a wuraren shakatawa da gonaki a fadin duniya. Wadanda suke so su gwada hannuwan su wajen girma da kansu zasu iya yin kariya daga tsaba daga kamfanonin kamfanonin Bush Bush. Duk da haka, har yanzu babu wani abu kamar ganin irin ƙwayar furanni na kasa ta Kudu ta Afirka ta kudu a kan Mountain Table ko a Cedarberg.