File:Ficus Mugumo tree at Uhuru Park in Nairobi.jpg
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A Fig tree (mugumo) of the the strangler variety featuring an immense array of aerial roots.
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Afrikaans: Die Kikuyu-naam vir die wurgvy is mugumo en dit word in die tradisionele volkskultuur as 'n heilige boom beskou. Offerhandes en gebede is onder hierdie boom gemaak met die oogmerk dat dit deur die boom aan die skepper, Ngai, opgedra sou word. Weens hul heilige aard word mugumobome nooit afgekap nie en as een doodgaan word dit as 'n slegte voorteken beskou. Die wurgvy staan so bekend weens sy vermoë om in die kroon van 'n ander boom in te groei, waarna lugwortels rondom die gasheerboom na die grond neergelaat word om wortel te skiet. Hierop begin die wortels 'n netwerk van stamme vorm wat die gasheerstam begin "doodwurg", sodat die vy sy gasheerboom dikwels sal oorleef. Hierdie foto toon 'n mugumoboom met veelvuldige stamme wat waarskynlik gevorm is deur lugwortels wat die grond bereik het. Dit lyk tans of dit alleen gegroei het, aangesien daar nou geen teken van 'n ander boom is nie, en daar ook nie 'n hol skag is waar die gasheerboom sou wees nie.
English: The Kikuyu name for the Strangler fig is Mugumo and is regarded as a sacred tree in traditional culture. Sacrifices and prayers were made under this tree with the aim that the tree would send the up to the creator, Ngai. Due to their sacred nature, mugumo trees are never cut down and if one dies it is seen as a bad omen. The strangler fig is so named for it's ability to grow in the crown of another tree, extending aerial roots around the host tree towards the ground and once there growing them into entire trunks, these trunks are seen to have an effect of "strangling" the host tree as the strangler fig often outlives the host. The file shows a Mugumo tree with multiple trunks probably formed by aerial roots that reached the ground, it seems to have grown solitarily as there is no sign of another tree, nor is there a hollow space in the centre where the host tree would have been. |
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