korvträ och candelabra
Danish translation: pølsetræ og candelabra
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| 5 | Kigela africana and Euphorbia lactea |
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peer agreement (net): -1pølsetræ og candelabra Explanation: Another solution could be "pølsetræ og primula", if you are interested in maintaining the alliteration. I am quite sure "korvträ" is a fantasy word, and so it can be translated as such. Candelabra is the Latin "surname" for a kind of primula, which in Danish is called "etageprimula" and in Swedish "kandelaberviva". I would suggest that you maintain the Latin term though, since they use it in the source text, and it sounds rather more colourful than "etageprimula". Hope this helps! Reference: http://www.tuascelta.se/katalog/per4.htm Reference: http://www.thisted-froe.dk/havefroe.htm |
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Kigela africana and Euphorbia lactea Explanation: Hi Kate, I don't know the Danish names, but the Latin names may help you. A phone call to the botanic garden should take you from Latin to Danish! Kigela Africana, sausage tree(korvträd). Euphorbia lactea, Candelabra Plant (Description: Many-branched succulent, spiny shrub or tree with milky sap and wing-like spiny ridges. Toxic Parts: Leaves, stems, and milky sap. Symptoms: When ingested, causes severe irritation of the mouth, throat, and skin; temporary blindness; vomiting; diarrhea; and stomach pain.) Reference: http://user.tninet.se/~yls836m/tranzania.htm Reference: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/interiorscape/euphorbiala... |
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Kigelia africana and Euphorbia lactea Explanation: Addendum to my earlier answer: Note the alternative spelling! The Kigelia africana tree is classified under the Bignoniaceae species and is common to South, Central and West Africa. Locally they are known by Europeans as the cucumber or sausage tree because of the huge fruits (average 0.6m in length and 4kg weight), which hang from long, fibrous stalks. The fruit pods are very fibrous with numerous hard seeds and tend to be inedible to humans as well as being poisonous when unripe. However, in Malawi, during famine the seeds are roasted to eat. Baked fruits are used to ferment beer and boiled ones yield a red dye. Usually only hippos, rhinos and insects eat the fruit. From August to November the fragrant, bell-shaped, deep maroon or claret, green or yellow-veined flowers form on hanging, 6-12in flowered stalks. They open one at a time and are said to be pollinated by bats, although they are also visited by some birds and insects. Kigelia africana tree Not surprisingly, very little had been documented about the use of sausage trees. The wood of the trees is of little commercial value. Africans in the regions where the trees grow use various parts of the tree for medicinal and also pseudo-medicinal purposes such as hanging the fruit around dwellings as a protection from violent storms and hurricanes or as symbols of fertility. However, the most common uses revealed a similar pharmacological profile. The Tonga apply powdered fruit as a dressing to ulcers. Unripe fruit is used in Central Africa as a dressing for wounds, haemorrhoids and rheumatism. Venereal diseases are commonly treated with the tree extracts usually in palm wine as oral medication. The fruits and bark, ground and boiled in water, are also taken orally or used as an enema in treating children’s stomach ailments – usually worms. The Shona people tend to use the bark or root as powder or infusion for application to ulcers, drunk or applied in the treatment of pneumonia, as a gargle for toothache, and the leaves in a compound applied for backache. While infections are common, by comparison, skin cancer and psoriasis are far less prevalent among Africans. |
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