Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - IRIDACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Moraea indlolotsi, | |
| moggii | |
| Household: | Ropes for huts |
| subsp. albescens | |
| subsp. moggii | |
| spathulata | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm. |
| Household: | Ropes for huts |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for infertility. Can be poisonous for stock |
| stricta | |
| Medicinal: | Can be poisonous for stock |
| Dietes phayimashimane, | |
| flavida | |
| Cultural: | Roots worn as a charm to safeguard and strengthen the wearer. |
| iridioides | |
| Cultural: | Roots worn as a charm to safeguard and strengthen the wearer. |
| Aristea phayimashimane, | |
| abyssinica | |
| Cultural: | Good luck. Protective charm. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for sprains. |
| angolensis subsp. angolensis | |
| ecklonii | |
| Cultural: | Good luck. Protective charm. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for fevers, coughs, venereal disease. |
| galpinii | |
| gerrardii | |
| woodii | |
| Cultural: | Good luck. Protective charm. |
| Hesperantha | |
| baurii subsp. baurii isidwa, | |
| Food: | Vegetable. Edible corms. |
| Dierama litsembu, | |
| adelphicum | |
| atrum | |
| elatum | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| galpinii | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| igneum | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal enema. |
| insigne | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| medium | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| mobile | |
| mossii | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| pictum | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| robustum | |
| trichorhizum | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| tyrium | |
| Household: | Making ropes for huts. |
| Tritonia | |
| disticha subsp. rubrolucens (Red Tritonia) isidwe esibomvu, | |
| Medicinal: | Used traditionally to treat stomach complaints in babies. |
| Crocosmia | |
| aurea var. aurea (Falling Stars) dvwendvweni, udwendweni, umlunge, | |
| Medicinal: | Corms are medicinal for dysentary. |
| paniculata (Falling Stars) umlunge, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for dysentary & infertility |
| Gladiolus anyanisi wesiganga, sidvwana, | |
| antholyzoides (Falling Stars) | |
| Fodder: | Corms eaten by bushpigs |
| Household: | Leaves made into ropes |
| Medicinal: | Diarrhoea & chest ailments |
| appendiculatus (Falling Stars) | |
| aurantiacus (Falling Stars) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for fevers. |
| brachyphyllus (Falling Stars) | |
| crassifolius (Falling Stars) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for headaches. |
| densiflorus (Falling Stars) | |
| ecklonii (Falling Stars) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for rheumatic pain. |
| Food: | Corms eaten raw or cooked |
| ferrugineus (Falling Stars) | |
| hollandii (Falling Stars) | |
| leptosiphon (Falling Stars) | |
| longicollis subsp. platypetalus (Falling Stars) | |
| papilio (Falling Stars) | |
| Cultural: | Used as lucky charm. |
| permeabilis subsp. edulis (Falling Stars) | |
| Food: | Edible corms. |
| pubigerus (Falling Stars) | |
| scabridus (Falling Stars) | |
| sericeovillosus subsp. sericeovillosus (Falling Stars) | |
| Cultural: | Used as fertility charm and for good harvest. |
| Medicinal: | Dysentary, sprains, menstrual pain, & sterility |
| serpenticola (Falling Stars) | |
| varius (Falling Stars) | |
| woodii (Falling Stars) | |
| Watsonia sidvwana, sidvwa, | |
| bella (Falling Stars) | |
| latifolia (Falling Stars) | |
| Medicinal: | Bulb medicinal. |
| Food: | Edible bulb |
| meriana (Falling Stars) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| pulchra (Falling Stars) | |
| Cultural: | Charm for good harvest. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal bulb for diarrhoea |
| Food: | Edible bulb |
| watsonioides (Falling Stars) | |
| Medicinal: | Bulb medicinal. |
| Food: | Edible bulb |
| Freesia | |
| grandiflora (Falling Stars) | |
| Fodder: | Corms eaten by bushpigs |
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