Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Cliffortia | |
| strobilifera (Cone Rice-bush) umnwele, | |
| Cassia | |
| abbreviata subsp. beareana | |
| Cultural: | Magical properties. Meat cooked over it ensures successful hunting. |
| Medicinal: | Various parts used as aphrodisiac & remedy for stomach aches |
| Chamaecrista | |
| mimosoides (Fishbone Dwarf Cassia) imbubu, umbonisela, | |
| Cultural: | Traditionally to induce sleep and recall dreams. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for skin complaints, dysentery and loss of appetite. |
| Caesalpinia | |
| decapetala * (Mauritius Thorn) lugagame, lugagane, | |
| Timber: | Fencing posts |
| Dyes: | Red dye from wood. |
| Cultural: | Roots make a recipe against wandering. |
| Cordyla | |
| africana (Wild Mango) imbubuli, thunzikhulu, umbubuli, vovovo, | |
| Timber: | Timber. Construction.. |
| Household: | Handicrafts. Drums |
| Medicinal: | Bark used as an emetic |
| Food: | Edible fruit with high vitamin C. Fruit looks delicious but is tasteless. |
| Calpurnia | |
| aurea subsp. aurea (Wild Laburnum) umphendvulo, | |
| Medicinal: | Powerful anti-vermin properties. Anti lice & maggots. |
| glabrata (Swazi Calpurnia) umphendvulo, | |
| Medicinal: | Powerful anti-vermin properties. Anti lice & maggots. |
| Crotalaria | |
| brevidens var. intermedia * | |
| Food: | Vegetable but with toxic components. |
| capensis (Cape Rattle-pod) bhubhubhu, | |
| globifera (Round Pod Rattle Bush) ubhubhubhu-wegceke, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots used in traditional medicine. Can be poisonous to stock. |
| juncea * | |
| Medicinal: | Can be poisonouis to stock. |
| lanceolata (Twin-leaved Rattle Bush) izaza, | |
| Cultural: | Traditional love charm. |
| Fodder: | Green fodder |
| subsp. contigua | |
| subsp. lanceolata | |
| monteiroi (Small-leaved Rattle-pod) uhashazi, | |
| Fodder: | Browsed by game |
| var. galpinii | |
| var. monteiroi | |
| natalitia var. natalitia | |
| Honey: | Honey plant. |
| pallida var. pallida | |
| Fodder: | Fodder crop |
| Canavalia | |
| virosa | |
| Medicinal: | Poisonous seeds. |
| Cajanus | |
| cajan * | |
| Food: | Edible seeds & leaves. |
| Calodendrum | |
| capense (Cape Chestnut) umbhaba, | |
| Timber: | Useful timber. |
| Household: | Pale yellow wood for furniture |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal during pregnancy for easy childbirth |
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