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UMHLANGULA:🌳
The branches of uMhlangula can be used to purify drinking water. The grinded branches of uMhlangula can also be added into milk to make it more digestible. uMhlangula is rich in tannins, and the bark of this tree can be used to make a variety of different...
The branches of uMhlangula can be used to purify drinking water. The grinded branches of uMhlangula can also be added into milk to make it more digestible. uMhlangula is rich in tannins, and the bark of this tree can be used to make a variety of different...
Shades of brown dye. The roots of uMhlangula are deep red. They are chewed to turn the mouth a rather fetching red colour (far more practical than lipstick), to tan leather, and to dye floor mats so dark they are almost black...
The twigs of uMhlangula are really fibrous and they can make a good, stiff brush. The Twigs of uMhlangula are powerful anti-bacterial qualities. The Twigs of this tree are natural equivalent of the sort of toothpaste that nine out of ten dentists would recommend...
This tree has an unusually high tolerance for some heavy metals. And arsenic. Where there is lots of arsenic in the soil, there is lots of uMhlangula trees. Finding lots of arsenic in the soil is a sign that there is gold around that area...
Finding lots of uMhlangula trees might help you to find a lot of gold. uMhlangula can talk to the plants around it. And it does so to save their lives. When this tree is suffering from some sort of environmental stress, such as drought, it releases a pheromone...
Into the air around it. And the plants surrounding it pick this up and respond by increasing the level of tannins in their leaves. Which makes them unpalatable to browsers. Which is kind of handy when you need all of your bits to carry you through the hard times...
Various parts of uMhlangula tree can be used to treat upset stomachs, ulcers, cancer, open sores, arthritis, jaundice, snakebite, gonorrhoea, headaches, epilepsy, and toothaches. A decoction of uMhlangula roots can be used to treat infertility...
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