Lilac ndi mtengo kapena chitsamba cha banja la Olive. Amamasula mu May-June, malinga ndi zosiyanasiyana ndi nyengo. Maluwa akhoza kukhala ndi mtundu wochokera ku zoyera ndi wofiirira wofiira. Iwo amasonkhanitsidwa mu mtundu wa inflorescence wa brush yovuta (panicle). Iwo samagwa kwa nthawi yaitali, ali ndi fungo lamphamvu komanso lokoma.
Iyo imayamba kuphuka ndi kubala chipatso kuyambira pafupifupi zaka 4, ngakhale mu mitundu ina izi zikhoza kuchitika mtsogolo. Zipatso za lilac ndizofanana ndi bokosi lakuda lachitsulo la 1.5 cm. Ili ndi mbewu zambiri zomwe zimakhala ndi zowonjezera zomwe, pamene bokosi likatsegulidwa, zigwetseni ndipo, chifukwa cha kukhalapo kwa mapiko, zuluka kuchokera ku chomera cha mayi.
Kuphuka kwa zipatso za lilac kumagwa nthawi yophukira - pafupi September-October. Kuberekera kumachitika ndi chithandizo cha mbewu, zimachokera ku stumps ndi mizu ya ana. Mbewu imere mwamsanga mutatha kukolola, koma ndibwino kuti muwabzala mwezi umodzi musanayambe chisanu.
Kodi lilac imabala zipatso kangati?
Amene ali ndi chidwi ndi funso - ndi kangati mmoyo wa malala amabereka chipatso, ayenera kudziwa kuti zimapindula chaka ndi chaka kamodzi, ndipo chifukwa choti zikhoza kukhala zaka 100, moyo wawo wonse umabereka zipatso za nthawi 90, kuyamba kuyambira nthawi yoyamba maluwa.
Zoonadi, zoterezi zimakhala zodabwitsa. Mwachitsanzo, pali zolembedwazi zolembedwera za lilac wa zaka 130. Ndipo paki ya Askania-Nova pali zomera zambiri zazaka 60.
Kusonkhanitsa mbewu ndi kubereka kwa mbeu chifukwa chakuti chomeracho n'chokongola kwambiri. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito monga kukongoletsera, komanso zomera zomwe zimateteza nthaka kumtunda nthawi zonse zimatha kugwedezeka. Chilengedwe cha malala ndizofala - Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria ndi Serbia. Komabe, kuyambira m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu wakhala akulimidwa ku dziko lonse lakale la USSR, ku Central Asia, ku Siberia ndi ku Far East.