Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Pentanisia umgwamiso, | |
| angustifolia | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal bulb for stomach pains & haemorrhoids |
| prunelloides (Wild Verbena) licishamulo, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots for menstrual cramps, fevers, heartburn & venereal diseases. |
| subsp. latifolia | |
| subsp. prunelloides | |
| Pygmaeothamnus | |
| Plectroniella | |
| armata (False Turkey-berry) sangongongo, umvutfwamini wemahlatsi, | |
| Timber: | Branches used for construction. |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Food: | Edible fruit & leaves. Sap for beer |
| Psydrax | |
| livida | |
| Fodder: | Leaves browsed by cattle. |
| locuples (Whipstick Canthium) isikhondlwane, | |
| obovata (Mountain Quar) umvutfwamini, | |
| Timber: | Useful general purpose timber. |
| Soil Conservation: | Consolidates sand dunes. |
| Food: | Edible fruit & leaves. |
| subsp. elliptica | |
| subsp. obovata | |
| Pyrostria | |
| hystrix | |
| Cultural: | Used to protect graves. Never used as firewood. |
| Pachystigma | |
| bowkeri (Forest Crowned-medlar) isiphuthe, | |
| Food: | Edible delicious fruit. |
| latifolium | |
| Food: | Fruit pulp is edible. |
| macrocalyx (Crowned False Medlar) siphutse, umphatsankhosi, | |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| pygmaeum (Hairy Gousiektebossie) imyimandlebe, umkhuna, umvimbandlebe, | |
| Food: | Edible fruit. Plant can be poisonous to stock. |
| venosum (Dwarf Medlar) igqulamntwana, isivithogwane, | |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Pavetta luphehlwane, | |
| barbertonensis | |
| Cultural: | Scattered in homestead to attract ancestral spirits. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| cooperi | |
| Cultural: | Scattered in homestead to attract ancestral spirits. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| edentula (Large-leaved Bride's Bush) samunyane, sawoti, simunyane, umgcobagcobane, umgcobagcobane, umkhwevane, umkwevane, | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| Medicinal: | Stewed leaves used for flu prevention. |
| Food: | Edible leaves & fruit. But Zulus will not eat the fruit of any Pavetta. |
| eylesii (Large-leaved Bride's Bush) samunyane, simunyane, | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| galpinii | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| gracilifolia | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| inandensis (Forest Bride's Bush) umdiezi, umdlezi, | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| lanceolata | |
| Food: | Edible leaves taste like watercress. |
| schumanniana (Poison Bride's Bush) sawoti, | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| Medicinal: | Poisonous leaves but roots used for colds. |
| zeyheri | |
| Cultural: | For ancestral spirits |
| Food: | Edible leaves. |
| Psychotria | |
| capensis subsp. capensis var. capensis (Black Bird-berry) dzilidzili, dzilidzili lomhlophe, udzilidzili omhlophe, | |
| Timber: | All purpose timber. Varnish leaves a good finish. |
| Medicinal: | Leaves contain tryptamines that induce hallucinations. Bark is an anthelmintic. Used for gastric complaints. |
| Pluchea | |
| dioscoridis (Vimba) nukani, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Pseudognaphalium | |
| luteo-album (Jersey Cudweed) umgilane, | |
| Household: | Used as room fumigant |
| Food: | Fresh leaves used as relish. Invasive |
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