Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Uvaria masweti, | |
| caffra (Small Cluster-pear) umtitane, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots used for chest pains. |
| Food: | Edible fruits eaten by children. |
| lucida | |
| Timber: | Stems used for binding hut building materials. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| subsp. lucida | |
| subsp. virens | |
| Utricularia | |
| livida (Bladderwort) intambo, | |
| Medicinal: | To help babies digestion |
| prehensilis (Large Yellow Bladderwort) iphengulula, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm emetic. |
| Medicinal: | An emetic |
| Ursinia | |
| tenuiloba umuthi wezifuba, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for coughs |
| Urochloa | |
| mosambicensis | |
| Fodder: | Palatable pasture but tends to be invasive. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Food: | Edible ears. Cereal Food |
| oligotricha | |
| Fodder: | Natural pasture. |
| Urtica | |
| urens * (Stinging Nettle) imbabatane, isibathi, isibati, lisibati, umbababazane, | |
| Medicinal: | Widely used for medicinal purposes |
| Food: | Edible as a relish. Rich in minerals |
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