Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Juncus | |
| lomatophyllus | |
| Fodder: | Grazed by hippopotamus |
| Jatropha | |
| curcas * | |
| Household: | Oil used for candles and soap making. Poisonous. |
| Medicinal: | Oil is a purgative and toxic. Poisonous. |
| hirsuta (Hairy-leaved Jatropha) godzide, godzidze, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against lightning. |
| Medicinal: | Roots used for fever & wounds. Medicinal for dogs. |
| var. hirsuta | |
| var. oblongifolia | |
| variifolia (Glossy-leaved Jatropha) umsenge, | |
| zeyheri var. zeyheri godida, | |
| Medicinal: | Tuber for menstrual pain and to strengthen foetus |
| Food: | Leaves boiled for tea in Botswana. |
| Jasminum | |
| fluminense | |
| Household: | Branches used to clean teeth |
| multipartitum (Starry Wild Jasmine) ihlolenkosazane, imfohlafohlane, isandia senkosikazi, | |
| Household: | Fragrant bath & pot-pourri. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal emetic. |
| Food: | Herbal tea. Fruits eaten as a "famine food". |
| Jacaranda | |
| mimosifolia * (Jacaranda) Jacaranda, | |
| Household: | Sculpture, spoons & furniture. |
| Justicia | |
| betonica (Paper Plume) instelo yemehlo, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves used for conjunctivitis. |
| campylostemon (Honey Justicia) isipheka, ubomane, | |
| flava | |
| Household: | Perfumed beads made from roots |
| Medicinal: | To treat coughs. |
| protracta subsp. protracta | |
| Honey: | Honey |
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