Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Catharanthus | |
| roseus * (Madagascar Periwinkle) ikhwinini, isishushlungu, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for diabetes, rhematism, insect bites & cancers. |
| Craibia | |
| zimmermannii (Peawood) lwenyoka, umbambo, umphungwane, | |
| Timber: | Wood used to build grain storage huts. |
| Cyanthillium | |
| cinereum var. cinereum * | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Coptosperma | |
| supra-axillare (Narrow-leaved Butterspoon) litsambo lenja, tsambolenja, | |
| Household: | Sticks |
| Food: | Edible fruit & leaves |
| Cannabis | |
| sativa * (Marijuana) dagga, insangu, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for relief of depression, nausea & abdominal pains. |
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