Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Stapelia tililo lomncane, tililo, | |
| gigantea (Giant Carrion Flower) tililolomncane, | |
| Cultural: | Used in sorcery as a poison to cause death. Home protection. |
| Medicinal: | Remedy for hysteria & mental disorders. Emetic. |
| leendertziae (Leendertz's Carrion Flower) tililolomncane, | |
| Medicinal: | Remedy for hysteria & mental disorders. Emetic. |
| unicornis tililolomncane, | |
| Medicinal: | Remedy for hysteria & mental disorders. Emetic. |
| Stachys | |
| aethiopica | |
| Honey: | Visited by honey bees. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for feverish delirium |
| nigricans umusa, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm emetic. |
| Medicinal: | Tonic |
| Salvia | |
| aurita var. galpinii | |
| Medicinal: | Infusions for colds, flu & bronchitis |
| Food: | Edible and used as flavouring. |
| coccinea * | |
| Food: | Edible herb |
| Syncolostemon | |
| parviflorus var. parviflorus (Small-flowered Pink Plume) umnandi, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for loss of appetite. |
| Solanum intfuma, | |
| aculeastrum (Poison Apple) mtuma, | |
| Medicinal: | Poisonous seeds. Remedy for ringworm. Fruit for bladder complaints. Ash for rheumatism. |
| americanum * | |
| anguivi | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal seeds |
| capense | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal seeds |
| giftbergense | |
| giganteum | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves and fruit juice used as a healing ointment |
| Food: | Edible seeds & fruits. |
| lichtensteinii | |
| Medicinal: | Seeds for ringworm, toothache & sore throat. Green fruits poisonous. |
| macrocarpon | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal seeds for sandworm & ringworm |
| Food: | Edible fruit & leaves. |
| mauritianum * (Bug Weed) gwayane, intfumana, isibongabonga, sibongabonga, umsobo, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal seeds. Fruits are poisonous but not to birds who thus spread the seeds widely. |
| melongena * | |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| nigrum * (Black nightshade) msobo, umsobo, | |
| Dyes: | Dye |
| Medicinal: | Herb. Eye inflammation, skin disorders, ulcers, eczema. |
| Food: | Edible fruit but only when ripe. Green fruits poisonous. Edible leaves. |
| panduriforme (Yellow Bitter-apple) intfuma lencane, | |
| Medicinal: | Seeds for skin infections, toothache & haemorrhoids. |
| retroflexum (Nightshade) intfumana, umsobo, | |
| Medicinal: | Abdominal upsets, wounds, ringworm & lumbago |
| Food: | Edible fruit when ripe but poisonous when green. Edible leaves. |
| seaforthianum * (Potato Creeper) salakuhle, | |
| sisymbrifolium * | |
| Medicinal: | Green fruits are poisonous. |
| terminale subsp. terminale | |
| tomentosum var. coccineum | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal seeds |
| tuberosum * (Potato) emazambane, | |
| Sutera | |
| floribunda usikisiki lwehlathi, | |
| Honey: | Visited by honey bees. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for chest colds & menstrual pains. |
| Sopubia | |
| cana | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for menstrual pain and prevent miscarriage. |
| var. cana | |
| var. glabrescens | |
| Striga sono, | |
| bilabiata var. bilabiata | |
| elegans | |
| Cultural: | Charm against evil & lightning. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| gesnerioides | |
| Sesamum | |
| alatum (Sesame) ludvonca-loludliwako, | |
| Food: | Edible seeds |
| capense | |
| Food: | Edible seeds |
| indicum * | |
| Medicinal: | Seeds are taken for dysentary & other stomach problems. |
| Food: | Edible seeds. An ancient crop. Oil used for margarine & cooking oil. |
| Sclerochiton | |
| harveyanus (Blue-lips) mazabuka, | |
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