Isihlahla se-creosote (igama lesiLatini: Larrea tridentata ) livamile eNingizimu-ntshonalanga yasentshonalanga. I-creosote isihlahla singabonakala kusuka emaqabunga alo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye nezimbali eziphuzi. Lezi zinsuku zibuye zibe nxazonke, izitsha zembewu yezimvu ezimhlophe, izithelo ze-creosote. E-Arizona, itholakale kuphela engxenyeni yesithathu yaseningizimu ngoba ayikwazi ukuhlala ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-5 000. Endaweni yasePenieni, yilapho ebizwa ngokuthi yi-desert shrub.
Kubizwa ngokuthi: cree '-uh-sote.
Abantu abaningi abasanda ehlane baqaphela iphunga elimangalisayo ehlane ezindaweni ezingavamile lapho sinemvula . Abantu abathuthela endaweni yasePhoenix babukeka bese bebuza, "Kuyini lokho kumnandi?" Yisihlahla se-creosote. Kuyinto iphunga eliyingqayizivele kakhulu, kanti nakuba abantu abaningi bengayinaki, abanye babonakala beyithanda ngoba nje kudlulisela umlayezo omuhle - RAIN!
Amaqabunga esihlahla se-creosote ahlanganiswe ne-resin ukuvimbela ukulahlekelwa kwamanzi endaweni egwadule. I-resin ye-creosote isihlahla ivikela futhi isitshalo ekudliwayo yizilwane ezincelisayo nezinambuzane eziningi. Kukholelwa ukuthi isihlahla sikhipha into enobuthi ukuze ezinye izitshalo eziseduze zikhule. I-Creosote sezihlahla zihlala isikhathi eside, eziningi zazo zikhona iminyaka eyikhulu, futhi zingakhula zibe ziphakeme ngamamitha angu-15. Kukhona isihlahla esisodwa esihlala esihlahleni esiyi-creosote esilinganiselwa ukuthi sineminyaka engaba ngu-12 000 ubudala!
Nakuba abanye bebhekisela emakhakheni amaqabunga achotshoziwe njengengqondo "yasezulwini yasehlane," igama lesiSpanish elisitshalo, i-hediondilla, lisho "ukunciphisa okuncane," okubonisa ukuthi akuwona wonke umuntu obuka iphunga elimnandi ezulwini noma elijabulisayo.
Isitshalo se-creosote kwakuyi-pharmacy ebonakalayo kubantu baseMelika baseMelika, kanti umusi ovela emaqabungeni wawuxilongwa ukuze unciphise ukucinana.
Kwakusetshenziselwa ngendlela yetiye yokwelashwa ukuphilisa izifo ezinjengomkhuhlane, izimpande zesisu, umdlavuza, ukukhwehlela, amakhaza kanye nabanye.
Isihlahla se-creosote sivamile endaweni enkulu yase-Greater Phoenix. Uzobona izihlahla ezindaweni zokuhamba, amapaki nasezindadi zasendle, njengeDesert Botanical Garden no- Boyce Thompson Arboretum .