Collins, our Professional Safari Guide want to create an experience you will never forget, a memory you will treasure forever. In describing what he does we like to use the words immersion, authenticity, balance, understanding, and enrichment.
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- Affiliation:
- African Endemic Safaris & Msafara Safaris
- Location:
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Phone:
- +254722646262
- Birthday:
- May 25, 1982
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Our Deepest FearCreated on Monday
Wall PhotosUpdated about a week ago
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Events
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- THE OFFICIAL 2010 FIFA WORLD C...
Durban, South Africa
Monday, May 31 at 8:15am
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COLLINS OKELLO Let us make a better and brighter beginning...Happy New Year!
COLLINS OKELLO Hey friends as we go into the festive season let us remember that millions of unfortunate kids face a tommorow that is not so festive. Let us pledge to do all we can to make their lives better through sharing with them the little that you have. Collins Okello and family says MERRY CHRISTMAS. Let the heart do the talkin...g! The thought of a child without a gift on Christmas, breaks my heart.
Elaine And u too thanks for ur reply to what u know i am talking abt
COLLINS OKELLO Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree.
COLLINS OKELLO What's your favorite Christmas Song?
Lydia Collins! Ilokore ja masai? Since when????????????????
COLLINS OKELLO BAD NEWS: Father Christmas is not coming this year!! He got swine flu!
COLLINS OKELLO Christmas is not about the Gifts we give to each other, but rather the GIFT that was given to us by a Loving and Heavenly Father.
Esther Elvirah We were actually looking for SANTA mind volunteering......hihihihi....nice!
COLLINS OKELLO is getting in the Christmas spirit, but more looking forward to the new year! 2009 was bad 4 lots of people so lets hope 2010 is better!!! Wishing you all a Joyous Christmas and a New Year of Peace and Happiness. Thank you for all for the continued support.
COLLINS OKELLO
Lets pray together and promise ourselves to make our beloved universe free of hate and differences. May this Christmas bring the message of peace and happiness to all.
Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous New Year.
Collins Okello
Bluebelle Trinetty
Wishing you a truly special Merry X’mas 2009 and a prosperous New Year 2010.
May you be blessed with all the distinctive things and values in life. See you in South Africa for the World Cup (I hope to be back in Africa for the tournament)
COLLINS OKELLO
Nutmeg (Monodora myristica)
Nutmeg is a spice from the seed of the Myristica fragrans, a tropical, dioecious evergreen tree native to the Moluccas or Spice Islands of Indonesia. The nutmeg plant, Myristica fragrans, is a member of the family Myristicaceae containing about 300 species spreading from India and Sri Lanka e...astwards through Malaysia to North-Eastern Australia, Taiwan and the Pacific, including the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Samoa. Since 40 known species of Myristica are found in New Guinea (Indonesia), this location has been designated the center of origin of this genus. But the ones you see on this album are found in Western part of Kenya known as Kakamega Forest.
Most of the species in the genus Myristica are tropical evergreen trees found growing mainly in the lowland tropical rain forest, but some mountain species also occur. The trees may reach about 65 feet (20 meters) tall and yield fruit 8 years after sowing and may continue to bear fruit for 60 years or longer. It has been grown for commercial `nutmeg production in the Moluccas, Antilles, Java, Sumatra, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Grenada. The typical tree is unisexual- with male and female flowers on different trees. On occasion both male and female flowers may occur on the same tree and even rare hermorphrodite flowers may be formed. From field observations in Grenada it has been reported that male trees progressively change to female with aging and bear fruits.
Nutmeg is said to have a subtle aphrodisiac effect in smaller doses), and has been used as such by Hindus, Arabs, Greeks and Romans. In the Orient it was especially highly prized among women. The compound that may be responsible for the aphrodisiac effects of nutmeg is myristicin, 4-methoxy-6-(2-propenyl)-1,3-benzodixole
The ancient Romans used nutmeg as a form of currency. In the 13th century, nutmeg was used in the Middle Ages for it’s medicinal qualities. The Dutch had a monopoly on the trade of nutmeg for 200 years (1600-1800) and established plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia. The Dutch plotted to keep prices high while the English and French sought (by any means) obtain fertile seeds for transplantation.
The name nutmeg is also applied in different countries to other fruits or seeds: the Jamaica, or calabash, nutmeg derived from Monodora myristica; the Brazilian nutmeg from Cryptocarya moschata; the Peruvian nutmeg from Laurelia aromatica; the Madagaskar, or clove, nutmeg from Ravensara aromatica; and the California, or stinking, nutmeg from Torreya californica.
The nutmeg fruit is similar in appearance to an apricot. When ripe it splits in two, exposing a single shiny, brown seed, the nutmeg. After collection, seed is removed, flattened, and dried gradually in the sun over a period of six to eight weeks. During this time the nutmeg shrinks away from its hard seed coat and after the shell is broken, the nutmegs are picked out. Dried nutmegs are grayish-brown and about 1.2 inches long and 0.8 inch in diameter.
Nutmeg contains 7 to 14 percent essential oil, of which the principal components of are pinene, camphene, and dipentene. The oil is obtained by distillation from nutmeg and is colourless, pale yellow or pale green liquid with an color and taste of nutmeg. For more reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monodora_my
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