Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ORCHIDACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Habenaria | |
| dives (Death Orchid) inhluthi yotshani, | |
| Cultural: | Tubers used as evil charm |
| dregeana (Death Orchid) | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against lightning |
| epipactidea uklamkleshe, umabelebuca omkhulu, unokleshe, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against lightning |
| falcicornis subsp. caffra uklamkleshe, | |
| Bonatea | |
| porrecta sibhunge, | |
| Brachycorythis | |
| ovata subsp. ovata | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for madness. |
| Neobolusia | |
| tysonii | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| 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 |
| Disa | |
| aconitoides subsp. aconitoides ihlamvu, umashushu, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots to promote fertility in women |
| polygonoides | |
| Medicinal: | Tubers to restore voice after Illness |
| stachyoides ihlamvu elimpofu lasenkangala, | |
| Cultural: | Wards off evil spirits and storms |
| versicolor (Apple-blossom Orchid) ihlamvu elibomvu , | |
| Cultural: | Infusion guards against evil |
| Corycium | |
| nigrescens (Black-faced Orchid) umabelembuca, | |
| Liparis | |
| bowkeri (Black-faced Orchid) | |
| Cultural: | Good luck or love charm. |
| Polystachya emabela njongosi, | |
| ottoniana iphamba lehlathi, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for diarrhoea. Seeds as snuff. |
| pubescens | |
| Cultural: | Protective & love charm. |
| transvaalensis iphamba , | |
| Cultural: | Protective love charm |
| Ansellia | |
| africana (Leopard Orchid) imfe-yenkawu, lesimthubi, lesisikati, liphakama, sicadze lesisikati, sicadze lesumtfubi, sihlati, | |
| Cultural: | Plant brings good luck. Love charm and antidote to bad dreams. Lightning protection. |
| Medicinal: | Roots are medicinal widely used for asthma. |
| Eulophia | |
| angolensis (Leopard Orchid) | |
| Cultural: | Used as love charm. |
| ensata iphamba lentaba, | |
| Cultural: | Infusion of tubers as love charm. |
| leontoglossa (Lion's Tongue) iphamba , | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against lightning. |
| ovalis ihamba lesigo, phamba, | |
| Cultural: | Infusion of tubers used by young men when courting. |
| var. bainesii | |
| var. ovalis | |
| parviflora imfeyamasele, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| petersii liphakama-laphansi, | |
| Cultural: | Love Charm |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| speciosa | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against storms. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal emetic |
| streptopetala | |
| Medicinal: | Tuber infusion used by young men when courting |
| welwitschii | |
| Cultural: | Infusion of tubers used by young men when courting. |
| Tridactyle | |
| bicaudata subsp. bicaudata iphamba, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm. |
| Microcoelia | |
| exilis | |
| Cultural: | Used as love charm. |
| Aerangis | |
| mystacidii | |
| Cultural: | Love or protective charm. |
| Mystacidium | |
| capense iphamba, | |
| Cultural: | Protective & love charm. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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