Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Polygonum | |
| aviculare * | |
| Medicinal: | Herb for skin ailments. Diuretic & expectorant. A. troublesome weed. |
| Persicaria | |
| decipiens | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| lapathifolia * (Spotted Knotweed) lidvololenkhonyane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for venereal disease |
| senegalensis | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| forma albotomentosa | |
| forma senegalensis | |
| Pupalia | |
| lappacea var. lappacea * (Forest Burr) isinama esibomvu, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for fevers. |
| Psammotropha | |
| myriantha impepho-tshani, | |
| Phytolacca | |
| americana | |
| Medicinal: | Fruits, leaves & especially roots thought to be poisonous. |
| dioica * | |
| Medicinal: | Fruits, leaves & especially roots thought to be poisonous. |
| heptandra | |
| Medicinal: | Fruits, leaves & especially roots thought to be poisonous. |
| octandra (Forest Inkberry) umnanja, umnyandla, | |
| Household: | Ripe fruit has been used as a source of ink. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for snakebite, hest complaints & wounds. Poisonous. |
| Portulacaria | |
| afra (Elephant's Foot) sidondwane, | |
| Honey: | An excellent bee tree. |
| Soil Conservation: | Used to check soil erosion. |
| Fodder: | Fodder. Withstands much browsing. |
| Medicinal: | Dried leaves for snuff. Leaves stimulate milk production. |
| Food: | Edible leaves with pleasant acid flavour. |
| Portulaca | |
| oleracea * (Purslane) silele, | |
| Medicinal: | Digestive disorders. Diuretic. Anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, anti-oxidant. |
| Food: | Edible leaves sometimes pickled. Edible shoots. Source of vitamin C. |
| quadrifida (Wild Purslane) emahenjana, emalenyane, emayenjane, emayenjani, linyanjani, liyenjane, mahenjani, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| Pollichia | |
| campestris (Waxberry) ukudla kwamabhayi, umhlungulu, | |
| Fodder: | Browsed by stock & game |
| Medicinal: | Chest complaints & rheumatism |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Pittosporum | |
| viridiflorum (Cheesewood) mkhwakhwa, sibhaha, sibhaha-senkhangala, umfusamvu, umvusamvu, | |
| Cultural: | Bark has magico properties. |
| Medicinal: | Bark for stomach. Dried bark in beer as an aphrodisiac. Roots and bark used for psychosis. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Prunus | |
| africana (Red Stinkwood) umdumezulu, | |
| Timber: | Timber for construction but has tendency to twist amd split. |
| Household: | Occasionally used for furniture but difficult to work. |
| Medicinal: | Bark extensively used for prostatic hypertrophy |
| persica * (Peach) limpentjisi, umpentjisi, umpentjizsi, | |
| Medicinal: | Bark and/or leaves for stomach aches & strengthen veins & nerves. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
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