Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ZINGIBERACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| 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. |
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