UMary Allen
ISage sisityalo sosapho lweminti esisetyenziselwa ukupheka nokuphilisa. Kukho ngaphezu kwe-900 iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-sage. Igama elithi sage livela kwigama lesiLatini elithi "salvia" okanye "salvus" elithetha "ukuphilisa" kunye "nempilo".
Xa sithetha nge-sage, sihlala sithetha i-sage yangempela, ebizwa ngokuba yi-garden sage, i-kitchen sage, okanye i-sage yamayeza. Ekuqaleni isuka kumazwe ajikeleze uLwandle lweMeditera. Nangona kunjalo, ngoku ikhula kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
I-sage yokwenyani ikhula malunga neesentimitha ezingamashumi asibhozo ukuphakama kwaye yenza isihlahla esincinci. Zonke iindawo zesityalo zinuka kakhulu. Iintyatyambo zisekupheleni kweziqu. Iicalyxes zabo zibomvu bumdaka, iipetali zimfusa ukuya kwiblue.
Ukhetha amagqabi esityalo kwaye uwasebenzise amatsha okanye awomise kuqala. Ekhitshini, zisetyenziswa njengesiqholo. Ihamba kakuhle ngakumbi ngentlanzi okanye inyama. Esi siqholo sikwasetyenziswa kwimifuno nakwiisuphu. Iintyatyambo zingasetyenziselwa kwisaladi, umzekelo.
Njengeti, isilumko esiqhelekileyo sisebenza ngokukodwa ngokuchasene nomkhuhlane. Isebenza ngokuchasene neebhaktheriya kunye neentsholongwane. Abo basela iti yesage kufuneka nabo babile kancinci. Iti yeSage ikwanceda nasekucoleni. Ngenxa yezi zizathu, i-sage yayisele isetyenziswe kumaxesha amandulo. Nangona kunjalo, umntu akufuneki asebenzise kakhulu isityalo, kuba oko kuya kuba yityhefu.
Zinjani izityalo zesage ngokubanzi?
ISage ikhula kwihlabathi liphela ngaphandle kweArctic, Antarctica, kunye neOstreliya. Ilizwekazi ngalinye lineentlobo zalo, maxa wambi nakwilizwe ngalinye. Yiyo loo nto kukho usetyenziso olukhethekileyo lwe-sage kwamanye amazwe. Imbewu ye-chia evela kwiintyatyambo ikhethekileyo. Omnye uthi "imbewu yeTschia". KumaIndiya, abemi bomntla Merika, oku yayikukutya okubalulekileyo.
Uninzi lweentlobo ze-sage ziphila ebusika. Ngoko bahlala iminyaka eliqela. Kwezinye iintlobo, imbewu iyahluma kwakhona entwasahlobo. Amagqabi aneenwele ezintle kwaye ngoko aziva ethambile. Isityalo sonke senza ihlathi.