Pohutukawa (sunan Botanical Metrosideros Excelsa) shine mafi yawan mutanen da aka fi sani da New zealand. An samo kusan a ko'ina a gefen bakin teku na babba na Arewacin Arewa, arewacin iyakar da ke kusa da Gisborne zuwa New Plymouth da kuma cikin kwandon da ke kusa da Rotorua, Wellington da kuma saman tsibirin Kudancin. Har ila yau an gabatar da shi cikin sassa na Ostiraliya, Afirka ta Kudu, da California.
Tsarin da ke faruwa
Itacen yana da damar da zai iya jingina zuwa tuddai da tsaunuka kuma yayi girma a wasu wurare marasa galihu (akwai maciyar pohutukawa a kan tsibirin dutse mai suna Volcano a cikin Bay of Plenty). Yana da alaƙa da alaka da wata dabba ta New Zealand, rata.
An fassara shi daga harshen Hausa, pohutukawa na nufin "yayyafa shi ta hanyar furewa", wanda yake nuna gaskiyar cewa ana samun shi a bakin teku.
Baya ga samar da inuwar maraba ga yankunan bakin teku a cikin rani na New Zealand, ƙanshin furanni mai launin furanni ya samo daga watan Nuwamba zuwa Janairu ya ba da sunan pohutukawa "New Zealand Christmas Tree". Tabbas, saboda yawancin kiwi, pohutukawa mai girma shine daya daga cikin manyan alamomin biki na Kirsimeti. Akwai hakikanin yawancin pohutukawa, suna samar da furen furen launin furanni, daga Sikakke zuwa peach.
Itacen itace kuma sananne ne saboda irin yanayin da yake da shi; sassa daban-daban na wannan bishiya na iya furewa a dan lokaci sau ɗaya.
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan pohutukawa ya shiga barazana daga magunguna, musamman ma mallakar. An gabatar da dabba maras kyau daga Australiya a karni na sha tara kuma ya haifar da mummunan lalacewa zuwa gandun daji na New Zealand.
Kamar yadda yake tare da wasu bishiyoyi, mallakin yana cin abinci a kan ganyen pohutukawa, yana janye shi. Babban kokarin da ake ciki don rage yawan kuɗin amma sun kasance barazanar barazana.
Mafi Girman Pohutukawa Tree a Duniya
A Te Araroa a gabas ta Arewa maso gabashin tsibirin Arewa, wanda ya wuce kimanin kilomita 170 daga Gisborne, shi ne pohutukawa musamman. Ita ce itace mafi girma da aka sani da pohutukawa a duniya. Yana da tsayi fiye da mita 21 kuma a fadarsa ita ce mita 40 na diamita. An kira itacen ne "Te-Waha-O-Rerekohu" daga Ma'aikatar gida kuma an kiyasta cewa ya kasance shekaru 350 da haihuwa. Sunan ya fito ne daga sunan wani shugaban gari, Rerekohu, wanda ke zaune a wannan yanki.
Wannan pohutukawa yana tsaye ne a filayen makarantar, kusa da bakin teku na gari. Ana gani sosai daga hanya kuma yana da "dole ne" a kan yawon shakatawa a kusa da East Cape daga Opotiki zuwa Gisborne . Har ila yau ba a nesa da Kogin Cape Cape da hasumiya mai fitila, wanda yake zaune a mafi yawancin wurare a New Zealand.
Wataƙila itace mafi girma da aka sani da pohutukawa a New Zealand yana a gefen dutse na arewa maso gabashin kasar, Cape Reinga . Wannan wuri yana da muhimmancin ruhaniya ga jama'ar kasar. An san shi a matsayin "wurin yin motsi", wannan shine, bisa ga imanin Nasara, inda mutuwar ruhu ya fara tafiya zuwa Hawaiki, asalin gargajiya na gargajiya.
Ba a ganin pohutukawa da yawa a waje da New Zealand. Abin sha'awa, duk da haka, itacen pohutukawa yana tsakiyar tsakiyar rikice-rikice wanda ya nuna kyaftin Captain Cook na iya ba Turai ta farko ba ta sauka a New Zealand. A La Corunna , wani gari a bakin teku a arewa maso yammacin Spain, akwai babban pohutukawa wanda mutanen garin suka yi imanin kusan shekara 500 ne. Idan wannan shi ne yanayin da ya kawo karshen zuwa Cook a New Zealand a shekara ta 1769. Wasu masanan sunyi imani duk da cewa itacen yana iya zama shekaru 200 kawai. Kowace irin shekarunta, itacen yana, a gaskiya, ya zama gari na furen gari.
Duk inda za ku tafi a cikin Arewacin Arewa, pohutukawa wata alama ce mai ban sha'awa da ta fito daga yankin New Zealand. Kuma idan kun kasance a kusa da Kirsimeti za ku ga furanni masu ban mamaki.