African pondweed

Pondweed waku Africa kapena dziwe la Schweinfurt, dzina lasayansi Potamogeton schweinfurthii. Amatchulidwa pambuyo pa botanist waku Germany GA Schweinfurth (1836-1925). M'chilengedwe, imamera kumadera otentha a Africa m'madamu omwe ali ndi madzi osasunthika (nyanja, madambo, mitsinje yabata ya mitsinje), kuphatikiza m'nyanja zam'mphepete mwa Nyasa ndi Tanganyika.

M'mikhalidwe yabwino, imapanga rhizome yayitali yokwawa, pomwe tsinde lalitali limakula mpaka 3-4 metres, koma nthawi yomweyo woonda kwambiri - 2-3 mm okha. Masamba amakonzedwa mosinthana pa tsinde, mmodzi pa whorl. Tsamba lamasamba ndi lanceolate ndi nsonga yakuthwa mpaka 16 cm mulitali ndi pafupifupi 2 cm mulifupi. Mtundu wa masamba umadalira kukula kwake ndipo ukhoza kukhala wobiriwira, wa azitona kapena wofiira. M'nyanja zam'mphepete zomwe zimakhala ndi kuuma kwa madzi a carbonate, masamba amawoneka oyera chifukwa cha laimu.

Chomera chosavuta komanso chopanda ulemu chomwe ndi chisankho chabwino padziwe kapena mitundu yayikulu yam'madzi yam'madzi yokhala ndi ma cichlids aku Malawi kapena cichlids za Lake Tanganyika. African pondweed imagwirizana bwino ndi mikhalidwe yosiyanasiyana ndipo imakula bwino m'madzi olimba amchere. Kwa rooting, ndikofunikira kupereka dothi lamchenga. Imakula mwachangu ndipo imafuna kudulira pafupipafupi.