Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Othonna | |
| natalensis incamu, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal` for nausea & tapeworms |
| Food: | Salad vegetable. |
| Osteospermum | |
| grandidentatum (Yellow Trailing Daisy) umadinsane, uqoboquba, | |
| Medicinal: | A strong emetic. |
| Ophioglossum | |
| lusoafricanum (Adder's Tongue) sankunshane, sankuntjane, shucelane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| reticulatum | |
| Food: | Nutritious wild vegetable. |
| Oleandra | |
| distenta (Tangled Crevice Creeper) gebeleweni, | |
| Oryza | |
| punctata | |
| Food: | Cereal grain |
| sativa * | |
| Food: | Cereal grain |
| Food: | Edible grains. |
| Ocotea | |
| bullata (Black Stinkwood) umnukane, | |
| Timber: | Highly prized timber. Has been over-harvested in past. |
| Household: | Makes beautiful furniture |
| Medicinal: | Bark for headaches, urinary & nervous disorders |
| kenyensis | |
| Timber: | Good timber in great demand. |
| Olinia | |
| emarginata (Mountain Hard pear) umngana-lahla, unquthu, uqudu, | |
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