ULilac ngumthi okanye isiqithi sentsapho yaseOlive. Iqhwenga ngoMeyi-Juni, kuxhomekeka kwiimeko ezahlukeneyo kunye neemozulu. Iintyatyambo zinokuba nombala ovela kumhlophe omhlophe kunye nobumnyama obomvu. Ziqokelelwa kwi-inflorescence uhlobo lwebrashi edibeneyo (panicle). Abazange bawele ixesha elide, banomdla oqinileyo kwaye ocolileyo.
Iqala ukuqhakaza kwaye ivelise iziqhamo ezineminyaka engama-4 ubudala, nangona kwezinye iintlobo ezinokuthi zenzeke kamva. Iziqhamo ze-lilac zihlobo lwebhokisi elinomileyo elinesibini kwi 1.5 cm ubude. Iqule imbewu emininzi, apho ibhokisi evuliwe, yehla kwaye, ngenxa yobuso bamaphiko, vuka kude nesityalo sikamama.
Ukuvuthwa kweziqhamo ze- lilac kuwela ekwindla-malunga neSeptemba-Oktobha. Ukuzaliswa kwenzeka ngokunceda imbewu, kubangelwa kwiintonga kunye neengcambu zenzalo. Imbewu ihluma emva kokuvuna, kodwa kucetyiswa ukuba utyalale inyanga ngaphambi kokuqala kweqabunga.
Zingaphi iillac zithwala iziqhamo?
Abo banomdla kulo mbuzo-zihlandlo eziliphi ebomini be-lilacs zivelisa iziqhamo, zimele zikwazi ukuba zikhula rhoqo ngonyaka ngonyaka, kwaye ekubeni ziphantsi kweemeko zihlala zifikelela kwiminyaka eyi-100, ebomini bayo buvelisa iziqhamo zomyalelo wamaxesha angama-90, ukuqala ukususela kumzuzu wokuqala kwezimbali.
Ewe, loo mizuzu ende ibe yinto engavamile. Ngokomzekelo, kukho imodeli ebhalisiweyo esemthethweni ye-lilac eneminyaka eyi-130 ubudala. Kwaye kwipaki yaseAkania-Nova kukho izityalo ezili-60 ubudala.
Ukuqokelela imbewu kunye nokuveliswa kwesityalo kubangelwa ukuba isityalo sithandeka kakhulu. Isetyenziswe njengento yokuhlobisa, kunye nezityalo ezikhuselekileyo zomhlaba kwiintlambo zihlala ziphantsi kokukhukhula. Indawo yokuhlala ye-lilacs iqhelekileyo-i-Peninsula yaseBalkan, iBulgaria neSerbia. Nangona kunjalo, ukususela ngekhulu le-16 kuye kwahlwaywa kuyo yonke i-USSR yangaphambili, e-Asia Ephakathi, eSiberia naseMpuma Ekude.