Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Dichanthium | |
| annulatum var. papillosum | |
| Fodder: | Grazing. |
| Diheteropogon | |
| amplectens | |
| Fodder: | Forage & fodder |
| Digitaria | |
| argyrograpta | |
| Fodder: | Natural pasture |
| eriantha | |
| Fodder: | Natural and cultivated pasture. |
| milanjiana | |
| Fodder: | Grazing. |
| scalarum | |
| Fodder: | Cultivated pasture |
| Dactyloctenium | |
| aegyptium | |
| Fodder: | Pasture |
| Insecticidal: | Bruised seeds are a fish poison. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for kidney ailments & cough |
| Food: | Seed a famine food |
| australe | |
| Soil Conservation: | Erosion control |
| Fodder: | Pasture |
| giganteum | |
| Fodder: | Forage & fodder |
| Dimorphotheca | |
| jucunda (Trailing Mauve Daisy) umasigcolo-nkonekazi, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaf & root remedies for stomach. |
| Distephanus | |
| anisochaetoides ikhambi-lesimungumungwane, | |
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