Anthur Thlaikung (Roselle Plant)

Anthur Thlaikung

Lai holh in anthur tiah kan timi hi, Mirang nih cun "roselle" an ti. Kawl nih "chin-baung" an ti. Aphun hi "Hibicus" a si. Achungkhar (family) asinak min cu, "Malvaceae" ti asi. Anthur thlaikung tiah ka ti duhnak cu, "roselle plant" tiah Mirang nih an timi khi ka chim duhnak asi. Anthur thlaikung ti tikah, a kung lawng khi chim duhmi siloin a hnah, a kung, a nge, a hram le apar tiang in aa tel dih.

Anthur Phunphun

Anthur hi phun tam ngai a um. Anthur phunkhat le phunkhat cawhmeh i, phundang deuh tein serchuahmi anthur zong an um ve. Anthur hi pakhat le khat an thawtnak, muisam le umtuning cu an i lo nain, an rawng le a kung niamsan le a hnah kauh ning an i dang ngai hna. A kung niamsan ning zong an i dang ngai. Abuaktlak in anthur hi pe 3-8 tiang an sang kho. Lairam i thurzam timi cu pe 12 leng a sau kho. Ahnah hi lehmah 3-6 kar an sau. Apar a par tikah lehmah 1-3 karlak an kau kho. Anthur phun hi a tam ngai le Laitlang ahcun "thursen, thurzam, thurhring le thurzam" tiin an sining hawih in auh an si. Thursen hi a thur cemmi le mipi nih duh cemmi a si.

Atanglei hi anthur aphunphun hmanthlak an si.

    
Thursen                                      Anthur sen phundang pakhat

  
Thurzam phunkhat                               Anthur phunkhat a par lio

    
Thurhring a no lio caan
     
   Thurhring a no lio caan                            Thurzam par


Anthur Thlaikung Thawhkehnak

Anthur thlaikung (Roselle plant) hi khawika ram sette in dah aa thawk ti cu theihfian a si lo. Tuanbia thiammi tampi nih cun, Africaram chaklei Egypt ram in aa thawkmi thlaikung pakhat asi tiah an ti. Acheu nihcun anthur thlaikung (plant) hi India in Malaysia ram karlak ram hna ah hin, an rak cinhmasatmi thlaikung (plant) pakhat asi tiah an ti. Cuka hmunhma in chawlet pawl nih, Africa ram ah an rak luhpi. Africa in America ah an rak zuarmi sal pawl nih, anthur thlaici cu Thlanglei le Chaklei America tiang an rak i kalpi i, cuticun anthur thlaikung cu hmunkip a phanhnak asi tiah an ti.

Thingkung kong cawngmi le thiammi, M. de L'Obel nih, anthur kong a rak hlathlainak kongkau hi 1576 ah ca in a rak tial cang. 1687 ah anthur hnah eidin khawh a rak sinak hi, Java ram ah an rak tial cang. Kum zabu 17 nak ah Brazil ah le 1707 ah Jamaica ah an rak cin cang. 1840 hlan ah hin, Guatemala ram ah dinhhang caah an rak cin cang. J.N. Rose nih "1899 ah Mexico ram Guadalajara Market ah, beng khatkhat in anthur an rak zuarmi ka hmuh" tiah ca a tial. 1892 ah Queensland (Australia) ah anthur sersiamnak sehzung pahnih a rak um cang i, anthur akhammi an rak ser i, Europe tiang an rak zuar cang ti a si.


Zuar ding in tom ciami anthur

Sii Ca Hmannak
Anthur hi ram kip, Mexico, Africa, India in Thailand tiang an mah le thiam ning cio in sii caah an hman. Anthur ah thikai a tumter khotu dat (antihypertensive) a um tiah an ruah. Thi a tumter ko timi langhternak taktak cu an tuah kho rih lo. Zunlei zawtnak (unitary infection) caah an hman. Zun tam tuk (diuretic) thlawpnak, ek nem sii (laxative), cancer, lung lei damlonak phunkip, thahri thatlo phunkip thlawpnak caah an hman. Laimi hi cancer zawtnak a ngeimi an tlawm ngaingai. Hihi a ruang pakhat cu, khuhlu thei le anthur kan eidin tuk caah asi lai tiah ka ruat theu tawn.

Anthur ah hin Vitamin-C tampi aum ti asi caah, Vita-C cu taksa thawntertu le zawtnak dohtu vitamin phunkhat a si. Cu nihcun Laimi damnak tampi a rak kan pek ko rua tiah ka ruat.

Nichuahlei Africa ram ahcun, anthur sen in sermi, "Sudan lakphak" cu khuh sii ah an hman. Anthur haang (juice) cu cite le hmathak tlawmte cawhmi cu "biliousness" timi, thin le hnit nincanlo ruangah a chuakmi pawpi nuamhlonak, te pawl thlawpnak ah an hman.

Anthur hnah mei emmi alinmi cu, Durhtawt (boils), hmachia (ulcers) le kepha kakmi rang deuh in a dam khawhnak hnga caah an hman. Ahnah in an sermi takthuh (lotion) hi hma le titsa hnaikhuarmi thlawpnak ah an hman. Anthur mu in sermi thauhang (oil) cu kalauk kepha hmami damternak ah an hman. India ram ahcun, anthur cu rawlrialnak a dermi (dyspepsia/indigestion), zun fah (dysuria) le zunsip-ei (strangury) damternak caah an hman. Anthur i a ummi dat cheukhat nih thin zawtnak, cancer, zunthlum le adang thi he aa pehtlaimi zawtnak tampi damnak dat a um tiah an ti. E.Coli zawtnak a doh khotu dat zong aum ti asi.


Anthur in sermi eidin pawl


Anthur ah aa telmi dat hna hi atanglei bantuk in a si.

Anthur, Ahringmi
Gram 100 g (3.5 oz) ah Aa Telmi Dat
Energy	205 kJ (49 kcal)
Carbohydrates	11.31 g
Fat	0.64 g
Protein	0.96 g
Vitamin A equiv.	14 μg (2%)
Thiamine (vit. B1)	0.011 mg (1%)
Riboflavin (vit. B2)	0.028 mg (2%)
Niacin (vit. B3)	0.31 mg (2%)
Vitamin C	12 mg (14%)
Calcium	215 mg (22%)
Iron	1.48 mg (11%)
Magnesium	51 mg (14%)
Phosphorus	37 mg (5%)
Potassium	208 mg (4%)
Sodium	6 mg (0%)
Link to USDA Database entry Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database

Vitamin a thami anthur hang

Hmannak Dangdang

Anthur hawng hi hri aphunphun caah an hman. Anthur sen hi America le Europe ram ah eidin color tamhnak caah tambik an zuar.  Germany ram hi anthur sen tambik a cawmi ram a si. France ram ahcun, ramdang mipem Senegal miphun le adangdang nih anthur tampi an zuar i dawr ah hmuh ding tampi a um. Meh caah tambik an zuar.

India ram ahcun, "Gongura" tiah an ti i, Daal meh he aphunphun in an cawh i an chumh. Ahnah an kio i, hmathak he an cawhmi meh, Gongura Pacchadi timi Andhra miphun meh cu, Andhra miphun meh ah minthang bik asi. Kawlram zongah Chin-baung kyaw (anthur kio) cu a minthang taktakmi meh a si ve. Anthur hi Kawlram miphun hna zong nih, dinhhang, mehkio le zeidang meh phunkip ah kan hman ve. Laimi caahcun anthur cu kan miphun anhringso a si.


        Chin-baung Kyaw


Gongura Pachadi India meh minthang

Nigeria le adang Africa ram tampi ahcun, ramdang uknak chan lio in, innchungkhar meh ca lawng silo in puai le nipini zongah biapi taktak in an zuarmi meh a si. Kawlram, Africa le Trinidad timi ram hna ah hin, anthur in jam (ahang-khalmi) aphunphun an ser. Australia ram Queensland ahcun, anthur in sermi jam (ahang-khaltermi) pawl hi, khuachung puai kip ah biapi taktak in an zuar tawnmi a si.


      Anthur juice 

Anthur haang khammi

   Anthur juice

An Cinnak Ram

Tuluk le Thailand hi anthur tambik a cingmi le chuahmi ram an si. Thailand chuahmi hi asining (quality) a tha bik khun i, Tuluk tu hi cu tlawmte asining a niam deuh. Vawleicung anthur thabik cu Sudan in a chuak nain, an chuahmi a tlawm deuh caah min an ngei tuk lo. A dang tambik cinnak ram hna cu, Mexico, Egypt, Senegal, Tanzania, Mali and Jamaica an si. India ram abik in Ganges Nelrawnpi ah hi, anthur cu hri caah tampi an cin. Cuka ahcun amin ah "mesta" tiah an auh. Ahthur hri chuahnak sehzung zong tampi a um. 

Malaysia ah anthur hi 1990 kum kuakap lawng in biatak tein an cin. 1993 ah Agriculture Department nih acre 12.8 an rak cin i, cucu anthur cin biatak te an thawknak a si. Tambik cu Terengganu timi ram ah an cin. 2000 ahcun acre 1,000 tluk an cin ve. Senegal ram hi anthur tambik a chuahnak ram pakhat a si. Kum khat ton 700 tluk a chuak ti asi.

Tlangpang ah an cinmi thursen

 Hmun rawn ah an cinmi thursen

Senegal ram anthur thursen an cinnak hmun

    Anthur lo i riantuan lio

Lairam le Anthur Sipuazi

Lairam zong ah hlan pipu chan in anthur an rak cin cang. Pipu hna nih Lairam an rak phanh ka tein rak cing cang hna sehlaw a dawh. Zeicatiah Kala le Kawl miphun hna nih, Laimi pipu hna nih Lairam an rak luh hlan in anthur an rak cin cang i, kan pipu hna zong nih, Laitlang an rak kai lio ah, a ci an rak i ken ve hrimhrim ko lai ti hi a fiang.

Lairam khuacaan, tiram le leilung hna hi anthur phunkip nih an i ngaih. Lairam ah anthur a tha kho ngaingai. Cucaah motor lam an tha chin deuh lengmang lai i, anthur hi sipuazi ca in cin ah a tha ding asi. Athei cu haang (juice) ah ser khawh an si. Athei le hnah hring cu Kawlram ah zuar khawh a si. Acar in Mizoram, Kawlram le ramdang tiang zuar khawh an si. Akung cu hri phunphun caah hman khawh a si. Cucaah mah chungkhar ca te lawng cing ti lo in, lo kaukau tuah i, anthur sipuazi hi tuah ah mi tampi caah cawmnak a tlak te dingmi sipuazi pakhat asi.

Anthur theisen

Anthur theisen in an sermi


A car in zuar khawh a si


Hnah hring in zuar khawh a si

Cin tikah artlang tein cin ding a si



Biafunnak:
Laimi hi kan eidin a chia; kan rian a hrang; kan thadir ning le temtuar ning chim awsk atha lo. Asinain hi tluk in Laimi kan ngan a dammi, cancer, thikai, lungzawtnak le zunthlum te hna a rak tlawm tukmi hi, anthur kan ei tuak ruang zongah a ruang pakhat asi kho mi a si. Zeicatiah anthur ah zawtnak a dohkhotu dat tampi aum caah a si. Cucaah ngandam a duhmi poah nih, anthur tam deuhdeuh in ei ding asi.

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