Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Stangeria | |
| eriopus (Stangeria) imfingo, | |
| Cultural: | Charm to ward off evil spirits and protect warriors. Anti witchcraft. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for high blood pressure & pain |
| Schoenoplectus | |
| corymbosus var. corymbosus (Sedge) inchoboza, | |
| Household: | Sleeping mats & handicrafts |
| Stylochaeton | |
| natalensis (Bushveld Arum) mfanamacetjane, umfana-kamacejane, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots & leaves for earache & chest complaints |
| Sandersonia | |
| aurantiaca (Christmas Bells) ihlamvu lasenhla, umagobongwana, ushayabhici, | |
| Cultural: | Protection from evil. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal as aphrodisiac.. |
| Sansevieria | |
| hyacinthoides (Mother-in-law's-tongue) sikwenga, sitfokofoso, sitfokotfoko, sitfotfokotfo, umutsi wetindlebe, umwashanhlola, | |
| Cultural: | Roots to bring back ancestors. Protective charm. |
| Household: | Rope, twine, fishnets & paper made from the fibre. |
| Medicinal: | Rhizomes & leaves for earache, toothache & haemorrhoids. Also in pregnancy for safe delivery. |
| Smilax | |
| anceps (Thorny Rope) inchachabulane, inchachabutane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for indigestion & numerous other ailments. Roots are infant purgative. |
| Scadoxus | |
| multiflorus (Fire Ball Lily) idunjana, ubukhoswane, | |
| Cultural: | Used as protective and love charm. |
| Medicinal: | Bulb is poisonous but plant used for coughs,headaches & stomach. |
| subsp. katharinae | |
| subsp. multiflorus | |
| puniceus (Snake Lily) idumbelentaba, idumbe-lika-nhloyile, isiphompo, umgola, | |
| Medicinal: | Bulb is poisonous but plant used for coughs,headaches & stomach. |
| Strelitzia | |
| caudata (False Wild Banana) inkhamango, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots and bark used for syphilis & heart flutter. |
| Food: | Edible stem |
| Siphonochilus | |
| aethiopicus (Wild Ginger) indungulu, sidvungule, sidvungulu, | |
| Cultural: | Cultivated for protection from lightning, snakes and storms. |
| Medicinal: | Roots & rhizomes for coughs, colds & asthma. Anti-malarial. |
| Satyrium | |
| longicauda (Blushing Bride Satyrium) uklamkleshe, unoklamu, unokleshe, | |
| Cultural: | Protective & love charm |
| Food: | Edible tuberous roots |
| var. jacottetianum | |
| var. longicauda | |
| macrophyllum uklamkleshe, unoklamu, unokleshe, | |
| Food: | Edible roots |
| parviflorum (Devil Orchid) ilabatheka elikhulu elibomvu, impimpi enkulu, | |
| Cultural: | Protective & love charm |
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