"I-La Traviata" ibizwa ngokuthi "i-La Traviata", ngoba i-heroine uMargaret yemvelo yokukhetha i-camellia, njalo lapho uphuma, ukuthwala kufanele kuthathe i-camellia, ngaphezu kwe-camellia ngaphandle, akekho owake wambona ethatha nezinye izimbali.

Encwadini, kukhona nencazelo eningiliziwe yomkhuba okhethekile kaMargaret wokugqoka i-camellia: izinsuku ezingu-25 ngenyanga, i-camellia uMargaret ayeyigqokile yayimhlophe, kuyilapho kwezinye izinsuku ezinhlanu, i-camellia ayeyigqokile yayibomvu. Akekho owayekwazi ukuthola isizathu esenza ukuba ikamela lishintshe umbala, futhi angikwazanga ukuchaza isizathu.

I-Camellia≠imbali yesihlahla setiye

Uma sikhuluma nje, i-camellia kaMargaret ayibhekiseli ezimbalini zetiye zodwa, kodwa ingxube ekhethekile. Igama elithi camellia lingasetshenziselwa izimbali zanoma yisiphi isitshalo sohlobo lweCamellia emndenini we-camellia, kanti i-camellia ingenye eyaziwa kakhulu.

I-Camellia iwuhlobo lwe-camellia emndenini we-Camellia, okuyingxenye yezimbali zokuhlobisa zaseShayina, enye yezimbali eziyishumi ezidumile e-China, enedumela "lesivakashi esithambile ezimbalini", esivela empumalanga yeChina, i-Yangtze River Basin. Pearl River Basin nakuyo yonke iYunnan.

Itiye esiliphuzayo phakathi nesonto libuye lingele-theaceae, i-Camellia genus, amacembe amhlophe, ama-stamens egolide, njenge-gardenia, kodwa amancane kune-gardenia, ngokuvamile akhula kuma-axil amaqabunga amagatsha esihlahla setiye, iningi lawo elinama-inflorescence ama-2 kuya kwangu-4.

U-Lu Yu, ungcwele wetiye, uchaze izimbali zezitshalo zetiye “njengama roses amhlophe” eNcwadini Yetiye.

Nokho, abalimi abaningi betiye bakholelwa ukuthi izitshalo zetiye zizoqhudelana ngamanzi nezakhamzimba ngamaqabunga etiye, ngakho-ke ukuze kuqinisekiswe isivuno samaqabunga etiye, abalimi betiye kufanele bancinde izimbali ngokucophelela njalo ngonyaka.

Eqinisweni, izimbali zesihlahla setiye ziqukethe i-polyphenols yetiye, ama-amino acid, i-polysaccharides yetiye, amaprotheni, ama-saponins nezinye izinto ezinenzuzo ku-akhawunti yomzimba womuntu ngaphezu kwe-90%, nge-detoxification, ukwehlisa i-lipid, i-hypoglycemic, anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-umdlavuza, ukondla, umzimba oqinile, ubuhle, ubuhle kanye neminye imiphumela eminingi.