Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Brachystelma | |
| circinatum | |
| Food: | Edible stem tubers |
| coddii | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| decipiens | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| filifolium | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| gemmeum | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| gerrardii (Hottentot's Bread) sidsendza, sidzendza, | |
| Food: | Edible fleshy roots. |
| macropetalum | |
| Food: | Fleshy roots presumed to be edible. |
| pulchellum | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| rubellum | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| swazicum | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| villosum | |
| Food: | Tubers of all Brachystelma spp.believed to be edible. A famine food. |
| Becium | |
| obovatum (Cat's Whiskers) idada, iziba, ufukuzela, umathanjane, | |
| Medicinal: | Stomach complaints & hair restorer |
| subsp. obovatum var. galpinii | |
| subsp. obovatum var. obovatum | |
| Bowkeria | |
| cymosa (Escarpment Shell-flower) luchwimi, | |
| Buttonia | |
| superba (Large-flowered Cl. Foxglove) umhlanhlaze enkulu, | |
| Buchnera | |
| simplex (False Verbena) umusa omkhulu, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm emetic. |
| Barleria | |
| elegans (White Bushveld Barleria) umhlalulwane, | |
| obtusa | |
| Fodder: | Browsed by stock & game |
| Breonadia | |
| salicina (African Teak) thlume, umhlume, | |
| Timber: | Heavy, durable timber for construction. |
| Cultural: | Wood used during traditional ceremonies. |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Household: | Wood for furniture & boats. |
| Medicinal: | Bark for stomach problems and as children's tonic. |
| Burchellia | |
| bubalina (Wild Pomegranate) intfumba-dloti, mahlosana, | |
| Timber: | Close-grained wood for hut building. |
| Honey: | Bee forage |
| Fodder: | Forage & fodder |
| Medicinal: | Roots as emetic and cosmetic body wash. |
| Brachylaena | |
| discolor (Coast Silver Oak) mhlume, umhlume, umphahla, umphahlo, | |
| Timber: | Construction timber. Hut building. |
| Honey: | Bees that use this tree produce good honey. |
| Cultural: | Must be incorporated into building of traditional home. |
| Firewood: | Fuel wood |
| Household: | Spears & for carving purposes. |
| ilicifolia (Small Bitter Leaf) umphahla, | |
| Cultural: | Must be incorporated into building of traditional home. |
| Household: | Spears & for carving purposes. |
| Medicinal: | Bitter leaves used for diabetes. |
| Blumea | |
| dregeanoides | |
| Honey: | Honey Plant. |
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