Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Mariscus | |
| Moraea indlolotsi, | |
| moggii | |
| Household: | Ropes for huts |
| subsp. albescens | |
| subsp. moggii | |
| spathulata | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm. |
| Household: | Ropes for huts |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for infertility. Can be poisonous for stock |
| stricta | |
| Medicinal: | Can be poisonous for stock |
| Microcoelia | |
| exilis | |
| Cultural: | Used as love charm. |
| Mystacidium | |
| capense iphamba, | |
| Cultural: | Protective & love charm. |
| Monanthotaxis | |
| caffra (Dwaba Berry) imxope, libunza, masweleti, masweti, sititane, umtitane, umxobhe, | |
| Cultural: | Burial shroud. Magical properties tree - a charm against nightmares. |
| Household: | Baskets made from young branchlets. |
| Medicinal: | Roots for venereal disease and to prevent hysteria & deworming. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Monodora | |
| junodii (Green-apple) umkotshi, | |
| Household: | Seeds are used for necklaces. |
| Food: | Edible hard woody fruit. Some say it is inedible. |
| Maerua | |
| angolensis (Bushveld Bead-bean) umenwayo, ummenwayo, umvitsi, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal but fruit may be poisonous. |
| cafra (Bush Cherry) untswantswane, | |
| Food: | Edible fruit. Root a chicory substitute. |
| edulis (Blue-leaved Bush-cherry) inswaniswani, | |
| Insecticidal: | Leaves are pesticidal & aromatic. |
| Food: | Fruits said to be edible when boiled but has poisonous elements. |
| parvifolia (Dwarf Bush-cherry) mnogonogo, | |
| Food: | Root has sweet taste. Used a substitute for chicory. |
| racemulosa (Forest Bush-cherry) idungamuzi elicane, imphunziso, umphunzizo, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots are medicinal. |
| Food: | Food is prepared from the root or bulb. |
| rosmarinoides (Needle-leaved Bush Cherry) mankhweni, umzane, umzawe, | |
| Cultural: | Roots used as good luck charm. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal roots. |
| Myrothamnus | |
| flabellifolius (Resurrection Plant) vukakulabafile, vukawemadvwala, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal tea from the leaves for gingivititis. Roots strengthen other medicines. |
| Mundulea | |
| sericea (Cork Bush) umsindzandlovana, | |
| Cultural: | Traditional divining medicine. In use after miscarriages. |
| Fodder: | Browsed by game and stock |
| Insecticidal: | Bark contains rotenone. Pesticidal. Used as fish poison. |
| Medicinal: | Bark as emetic. Used to treat human poisoning. |
| Mucuna | |
| coriacea (Buffalo Bean) umkhokha, | |
| Medicinal: | An ingredient of some poisons in Haiti and West Africa. |
| subsp. coriacea | |
| subsp. irritans | |
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