Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Kyllinga umuzi, | |
| alba | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress To make necklace for Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Beer Strainer |
| erecta var. erecta | |
| melanosperma | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress To make necklace for Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Beer strainer |
| odorata | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress To make necklace for Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Beer strainer |
| Kniphofia licaca-latokoloshi, tikoloshi, | |
| breviflora | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| galpinii | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| linearifolia | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| multiflora (Red-hot Poker) tokoloshi, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| porphyrantha | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| splendida | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| tysonii subsp. lebomboensis | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| umbrina | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| Kyphocarpa | |
| angustifolia umahlabahlabane, | |
| Kalanchoe imbali yetindlebe, | |
| lanceolata | |
| Other: | Poisonous properties. Flowers maybe more poisonous than leaves |
| paniculata (Large Orange Kalanchoe) indabulaluvalo, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm. |
| rotundifolia | |
| Medicinal: | Emetic. Poisonous properties. Goats especially susceptable. |
| thyrsiflora (White Lady) utshwala benyoni, | |
| Medicinal: | Earache, colds, intestinal worms. Poisonous qualities. |
| Kirkia | |
| acuminata | |
| Household: | Wood used for furniture, household utensils, bowls & spoons. |
| Food: | Swollen roots store liquid which can be drunk in time of need. |
| Kiggelaria | |
| africana (Wild Peach) siklalu, | |
| Dyes: | Provides a pink dye. |
| Cultural: | Magic and protective powers. Attracts or protects from lightning. |
| Household: | Furniture & agricultural implements |
| Household: | Furniture & agricultural implements |
| Karomia | |
| speciosa | |
| Honey: | Flowers attract bees |
| forma speciosa | |
| Kigelia | |
| africana (Sausage Tree) mvongotsi, umvongotsi, | |
| Timber: | Timber for construction |
| Cultural: | Hung in hut fruits protect against whirlwinds & lightning |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Medicinal: | Fruits for rheumatism, syphilus, ointments, dressings & child enema. |
| Food: | Edible roasted seeds. Inedible fruits used to ferment beer. |
| Kohautia | |
| amatymbica (Tremble Tops) umfanozacile, | |
| Cultural: | Protect babies against evil and love charm emetic. |
| Medicinal: | Improve appetite of infants & as snake protection |
| Food: | Edible roots |
| Kraussia | |
| floribunda (Wild Cornel) lisolenkhosi, litsambo lenja, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots used to treat pregnant women |
| Food: | Edible sweet fruit |
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