Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Mikania | |
| natalensis (Mikania) ihlozi, ikhambi-lesiduli, umdlonzo, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for urinary complaints, headache, backache & colds. |
| Melanthera | |
| scandens subsp. dregei * ikhaphanyongo, isihiyapice, ulimi-lwenkomo, | |
| Mohria | |
| vestita | |
| Medicinal: | Used to rid children of worms. Mixed with fat an ointment for burns. |
| Microgramma | |
| mauritiana (Rockrunner) gebeleweni, | |
| Medicinal: | Whole plant treats lice on humans and prevents spread of lice. |
| Melinis mafusane, | |
| minutiflora | |
| Fodder: | Cultivated pasture. |
| nerviglumis | |
| Household: | Bird's nests |
| repens subsp. repens | |
| Soil Conservation: | Erosion control. Bird's nests. |
| Manihot | |
| esculenta * (Sweet Potato) bhatata, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots for scabies. Toxic |
| Food: | Edible roots & leaves prepared with care to avoid toxicity. Starch used to make tapioca. |
| Mystroxylon | |
| aethiopicum (Transvaal Kooboo-berry) ingulutane, lishasha, sehlulamanya, sehlulamanye, umboyi, umgungulutane, | |
| Cultural: | Believed helpful in winning a law case. Branches for fighting sticks in Incwala. |
| Household: | Crafts & household items. Xhosa fighting sticks & knobkeries. |
| Medicinal: | Bark as emetic |
| Food: | Sweet, edible fruit but sometimes sour. |
| subsp. aethiopicum | |
| subsp. burkeanum | |
| subsp. schlechteri | |
| Macadamia | |
| ternifolia * | |
| Food: | Edible nuts. Probably in fact M.integrifolia not M.ternifolia |
| Morus | |
| alba * (White Mulberry) emagumence, liguncumence, | |
| Fodder: | Leaves are fodder for the silkworm |
| Medicinal: | Fruit, leaves & bark. Expectorant & for colds. |
| Food: | Black, sweet fruit |
| Morella | |
| brevifolia (Dwarf Waxberry) meluleka-waphansi, | |
| pilulifera (Broad-leaved Waxberry) maluleka, melulefa, meluleka, umlulama , | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal roots to maintain well-being and good health. |
| serrata (Lance-leaved Waxberry) leti, maluleka, meluleka, uleti, | |
| Household: | Fruits, stems & leaves produce oils for candles or soap. |
| Medicinal: | Roots & bark used as remedy for headaches. |
| Food: | Edible fruits. |
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