ʻĀpana ʻAmelika

Hoʻokahi nā huaʻāina o Gidnor i nā ʻano 5 e ulu ana i nā wahi ākea o ʻApelika, Arabia a me Madagascar.

Ua piha piha ka Hydnor i nā lau, ʻo ia ka rudimentary (residual). Puhi ka pua pua i ka endogenously (i.e., mai mea mai ke waiho ʻana ma ke ʻano kūloko o ke kino) a ulu a kū i ke ahulau o ka ʻāina, kahi lākou e wehe ai, e piʻi ana ma luna o ka lepo i ʻole ka lōʻihi o ka perianth.

ʻO nā pua Hydornorium he nui nui, kaawale, aneane sessile, bisexual, a me nā lau ʻole. A ʻo nā mea a mākou e ʻike maʻamau ai ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lepo a kapa iā ia he "pua" ʻaʻohe mea ʻē wale nō ka ipu momona nui.

ʻO ke kumu maoli ka hōʻike ʻana i nā pua hydnorium. Hōʻalo pinepine nā kaila moa no ka calyx mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka waena a i lalo, noho mau ʻia ma ka piko o ka pua a hiki i kā lākou pīpī pollinator ke komo maʻalahi i nā pua mai ka papakū. ʻO ka poʻomanaʻo o ka calyx he mau gummy formations me kahi pānaʻi paʻakikī, brownish a me kahi aniani nani i loko. ʻO ka ʻōpū o loko o nā ʻāpana pua i nā ʻano like ʻole i ke kala mai ka keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula paha i ʻulaʻula ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona o ka waihoʻoluʻu a me ke kāpili, a me ka honi putrid o nā pua, i mea e huki ai i nā pīpī e hānai ana i ke kalima. Beetles, piʻi i loko o nā pua, "huakaʻi" i loko o lākou, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma kā lākou haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, kahi i kū ai nā lālā huaila, e kōkua ana i ko lākou koho ʻana. ʻO ka pinepine, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā ʻōpio wahine nā meaʻai i nā pua, akā waiho pū nā huaʻai ma laila.

ʻO nā hua Hydornor he lahilahi a he ʻiʻo nui, ʻoi aku paha a ʻoi paha ka like me ka berry, akā me kahi ʻakaʻalā, he keu ka palahalaha.

He nui loa nā ʻano.

ʻO nā holoholona like ʻole e ʻai i ka hua o kahi honi. No laila, ʻo ka baboons, nā ʻīlio, nā alopeke, ʻaʻole e noʻonoʻo ka ʻai i nā hua o ka gidnory.

ʻO ka poʻe kamaʻāina o ʻApelika - Bushmen, Somalis, etc. - e hoʻohana ʻoluʻolu hoʻi i nā hua o ka hale hānai no ka meaʻai. I loko o Hawaiʻi, ua manaʻo ʻia nā aniani o kekahi hua maikaʻi loa. No laila, ʻo nā mea lawe i nā hua o ka hydornia ka holoholona nui a me nā kānaka.

Ma Hawaiʻi, hoʻohana nā ʻōpio i nā pua a me nā aʻa o ka gidnor e mālama i ka maʻi naʻau.

Akā ka mea maʻamau, alakaʻi ka hydra i kahi nohona ma lalo o ka honua, kona mau aʻa (ka mea a ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia i ke kumu, akā, ʻaʻole o nā aʻa) ʻano noho ola parasit. ʻO nā mea kanu o ka huawai Hydnor na parasit i nā aʻa o kahi ʻano nui o nā mea kanu, e like me ka acacia, euphorbia, cotyledon, leafworm, albicia, adansonia a kigelia. I ka ʻike kūikawā, makemake ʻo Hydnora africana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka waiū i like me nā mea kanu hale.