ʻO ka coco de mer palm o ka Seychelles ka mea o kaao. ʻO kāna mau ʻanoʻano - ka mea nui a kaumaha loa hoʻi o ka honua - i manaʻo ʻia e ulu ma luna o nā kumulāʻau ma lalo o nā nalu o ke Kai ʻInikia, a e paʻa nā mana hoʻōla nui. ʻOiai i ka manawa ma hope mai ua ulu ka lāʻau pāma ma ka ʻāina maloʻo, ua kupu mai nā moʻolelo kahiko: No ka hana ʻana i kēia ʻano hua, ʻapo ke kāne a me nā mea kanu wahine i kekahi i kekahi i ka pō ʻino, a i ʻole hele paha kahi moʻolelo kamaʻāina.
ʻO ia wale nō nā kaʻao, akā loaʻa i ka palma kahi hoʻopiʻi ʻokoʻa. "ʻO ka coco de mer ka mea kanu charismatic wale nō i hiki ke hoʻokūkū i ka panda nunui a i ʻole ke tigika," wahi a Stephen Blackmore ma ka Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK. I kēia manawa ke hōʻike nei ka ʻepekema ma hope o nā hua charismatic e like me ka hoihoi.
No laila pehea e ulu ai kahi mea kanu i ulu i ka lepo maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻole ma nā mokupuni ʻelua wale nō e hua i nā hua i haki i ka moʻolelo a hiki i ka hapalua mika i ke anawaena a hiki ke kaupaona ma kahi o 25 kilokika?
Ua ʻike lākou he hoʻokahi hapakolu wale nō o nā nitrogen a me nā phosphorus concentrations i ʻike ʻia i nā lau o nā kumu lāʻau a me nā kumulāʻau e ulu ana ma Seychelles. Eia kekahi, ma mua o ka hoʻokahe ʻia ʻana o nā lau kahiko, huki maikaʻi ka lāʻau pāma i ka hapa nui o nā mea momona mai iā lākou a hana hou iā lākou. ʻO ka hoʻopukapuka liʻiliʻi loa i nā lau ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui o ka pāma e hoʻopukapuka i kāna hua.
Makua mālama
Akā ʻaʻole kēlā wale nō ke ala e kōkua ai nā lau i ka ulu ʻana o ka hua. ʻO nā lau nui, pleated ka maikaʻi loa i ka leʻaleʻa ʻana i ka wai i lalo o ke kumu i ka wā ua. Ua hōʻike ʻo Kaiser-Bunbury a me kāna mau hoa hana i kēia kahawai e ʻohiʻohi i kahi detritus momona-waiwai ma nā lau - pua make, pollen, nā manu manu a me nā mea hou aʻe - a holoi iā ia i lalo i ka lepo a puni ke kumu o ka palama. No laila, ʻo ka nitrogen a me nā phosphorus concentrations i ka lepo 20 centimita mai ke kumu he 50 mau kenetene ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka lepo ma 2 mau mika wale nō.
Ua ʻike maka ʻo Blackmore i ka maikaʻi o ka holo ʻana o ka wai i ka wai - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kekahi mau ʻauwai ma nā hale kūloko. "Akā e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā huaʻōlelo ʻaʻole wale no ke kahe o ka wai akā ʻo nā mea momona kahi lele nui o ka noʻonoʻo a hoʻohui nui i ka ʻike o kēia kumulāʻau kupaianaha," wahi a Blackmore.
ʻO Hans Lambers ma ke Kulanui o Western Australia ma Crawley, ka mea e aʻo ana i ke ʻano o ka loli ʻana o nā mea kanu i nā pae phosphoros haʻahaʻa loa i ka lepo ma ka hema komohana o Australia, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo nā lau-nutrient o nā lau o ka coco de mer he "ʻano ʻokoʻa loa" .
Pili ka ʻike i kekahi mea kupaianaha hou aʻe e pili ana i ka pāma: me he mea lā he mea ʻokoʻa ia i ke aupuni mea kanu i ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu ma hope o ko lākou ulu ʻana. Nui nā kumulāʻau i ulu i nā hua e hele - ma ka makani a i loko o ka ʻōpū o kahi holoholona - i mea e hoʻokūkū ʻole ai nā pua me ko lākou makua no nā waiwai like. Paʻa ʻia ma nā mokupuni ʻelua a ʻaʻole hiki ke lana, ʻo nā ʻano hua coco de mer ʻaʻole huakaʻi hele loa.
Akā ua ʻike nā kānaka noiʻi he pōmaikaʻi nā mea kanu mai ka ulu ʻana i ke aka o ka makua, no ka mea hiki i ka lepo momona o laila.
"ʻO kēia ka mea i pīhoihoi i kaʻu mau hoa a me aʻu e pili ana iā Lodoicea," wahi a Kaiser-Bunbury. "ʻAʻole maopopo iā mākou kahi ʻano [mea kanu] ʻē aʻe e hana i kēia."
Nā hoahānau Pesky
ʻAʻole wehewehe kēia i ke kumu o ka nui o nā hua. Wahi a kekahi kumumanaʻo, pono mākou e hoʻi i nā lā make o nā dinosaur no kahi wehewehe. Ma kahi o 66 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hilinaʻi paha ke ʻano kūpuna o ka palama i nā holoholona e hoʻolahalaha i kāna mau ʻanoʻano nunui - akā ua nalowale paha kēia ʻano hana i ka wā i hemo ai ka ʻāpana o ka crust Continental e komo pū ana nā Seychelles mai kēia manawa ʻo India, e hoʻokaʻawale ana i ka pāma. .
ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā lūlū i ka ulu ʻana i nā aka lipolipo o ko lākou mau mākua. Ma muli o ka lako o nā hua nui i ka lako pono o ka momona, ua mākaukau pono nā mea kanu e hana pēlā, a ʻoi aku ka hopena o ka nui o nā kumu lāʻau ʻē aʻe i ke kaiaolaola: a hiki i kēia lā, ʻo ka coco de mer palms ka mea nui i ko lākou ulu lāʻau.
Ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau o nā ululāʻau e hoʻomohala ʻia e kahi ʻano hoʻokahi, ka hoʻokūkū kaikaina - ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū ma waena o nā laha - kipaku evolution, wahi a Kaiser-Bunbury. ʻO kēia ke kumu i ulu nui aʻe ka pāma a nui aʻe nā hua e hāʻawi i nā lūlū me kahi ʻoi aku ka nui o nā meaola e hoʻonui ai i ka manawa e ola kūʻē i kāna mau hoahānau.
Ke aʻo nei ʻo Kevin Burns ma ke Kulanui Victoria o Wellington, Nūhōlani i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu ma nā mokupuni kaʻawale, e like me ka Seychelles, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ka coco de mer me he mea lā e ukali i kahi kumumanaʻo ulu āpau. "Hoʻolālā nā mea kanu i nā hua nui ma hope o ko lākou noho kolone ʻana i nā mokupuni kaʻawale, a ʻo nā mea kanu mokupuni he nui nā hua i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ko lākou ʻohana ʻāina nui," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO nā ʻanoano nui nā hale o nā mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū hou aʻe."
ʻAʻole naʻe i hāʻawi ka coco de mer palm i kāna mau ʻike huna a pau. ʻO ka pololei o ka pua ʻana o nā pua wahine - ʻo ka nui loa o kēlā me kēia pālima - kahi mea huna. Manaʻo ʻo Blackmore e pili ana nā pi, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe hiki i nā moʻo ke hoʻolilo i ka pollen mai nā 1.5 mika ka lōʻihi o nā lāʻau kāne, a me nā ʻiole nānā phallic. ʻĀlelo ʻia ka moʻolelo kūloko, haehae nā kumulāʻau kāne iā lākou iho mai ka honua i nā ahiahi ʻino a laka i loko o ka ʻūlū kino nui ʻana me nā wahine. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka moʻolelo i hoʻohui i ka hoʻonaninani o ka pāma.
Puna: - New Scientist - Nūhou puke pai: New Phytologist,
