Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Celtis | |
| africana (White Stinkwood) liklolo, liklolo lelikhulu, luhlolo lolukhulu, mbelangoma, umvumvu, | |
| Cultural: | Wood believed to have magical, protective qualities. |
| Fodder: | Browsed by game. Fruits eaten by birds & monkeys |
| Household: | Wood used for household items & furniture. |
| Medicinal: | Traditional medicine. Roots & bark are an aphrodisiac. |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| gomphophylla (Mock White Stinkwood) umvumvu, | |
| Insecticidal: | Bark can be hung out to act as a snake repellent. |
| mildbraedii (Natal White Stinkwood) sicalaba, uzinhlu, zinhlu, | |
| Cultural: | Traditional |
| Chaetacme | |
| Chenopodium imbuya yelwandle, | |
| album * (Lamb's Quarters) imbilikicane, imbilikiqane, ligojelesalukati, lubhici, timvutesalukati, umbikicane, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaf poultice for burns, wounds, & inflamed eyes. |
| Food: | Edible leaves, rich in Vitamin A, C & calcium. Seeds ground for flour. |
| ambrosioides * (Wormseed Goosefoot) nsukumbili, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves for insanity, convulsions, uterine pain & to dispel worms. |
| Food: | Edible leaves. Rich in Vitamin A, C & calcium.. Toxic in excess. |
| murale var. murale * | |
| Food: | Edible leaves. Rich in Vitamin A, C & calcium.. |
| Celosia | |
| trigyna | |
| Fodder: | Forage & fodder |
| Food: | Young shoots and leaf blades cooked and eaten in Malawi. |
| Cyathula | |
| cylindrica | |
| Household: | Roots used for soap |
| var. abbreviata | |
| var. cylindrica | |
| Commicarpus | |
| pentandrus | |
| Fodder: | Livestock food. |
| Corbichonia | |
| decumbens inbongwane, | |
| Food: | A Zulu vegetable know as inyongwane. |
| Corrigiola | |
| litoralis subsp. litoralis var. litoralis | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| Clematis | |
| brachiata (Traveller's Joy) litinyolemamba, | |
| Household: | Churning sticks made from stems. |
| Medicinal: | Abdominal disorders, snakebites & syphilis. Leaf tea for headaches. Roots used to treat flu |
| oweniae (Virgin's Bower) litinyolemamba, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves medicinal for head aches. |
| Cocculus | |
| hirsutus * (Bushveld Moonseed Creeper) inyokane, umgigo, umtungulo, | |
| Household: | Basketry |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
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