Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - POLYGONACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Emex | |
| australis | |
| Food: | Young leaves used as spinach. Used as source of Vitamin C on ships. |
| Rumex | |
| acetosella subsp. angiocarpus | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves, roots & seeds for bleeding, diarrhea, dysentary, & cancer. |
| Food: | Nutritious leaves rich in vitamin A & C. Added to soups & salads. |
| crispus * (Yellow Dock) lidvololenkhonyane, | |
| Medicinal: | Rhizome is an stimulant & laxative. Also for worms & ulcers. Leaves relieves pain of insect stings and bites. |
| Food: | Leaves rich in vitamins & minerals. Also contains toxic oxalates |
| dregeanus subsp. montanus (Yellow Dock) | |
| Food: | Leaves rich in vitamins & minerals. Also contains toxic oxalates |
| nervosus var. usamarensis * (Yellow Dock) | |
| Food: | Leaves rich in vitamins & minerals. Also contains toxic oxalates |
| sagittatus (Climbing Dock) simunyane, | |
| Cultural: | Planted as protective charm. |
| Medicinal: | Pain, constipation & tuberculosis. |
| Food: | Leaves rich in vitamins & minerals. Also contains toxic oxalates |
| woodii (Climbing Dock) | |
| Cultural: | Charm to protect crops |
| Food: | Eaten raw |
| Polygonum | |
| aviculare * (Climbing Dock) | |
| Medicinal: | Herb for skin ailments. Diuretic & expectorant. A. troublesome weed. |
| Persicaria | |
| decipiens (Climbing Dock) | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| lapathifolia * (Spotted Knotweed) lidvololenkhonyane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for venereal disease |
| senegalensis (Spotted Knotweed) | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| forma albotomentosa | |
| forma senegalensis | |
| Oxygonum | |
| dregeanum (Starstalk) umdambane, umkhandu, untabane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for whooping and other coughs. |
| Food: | Edible leaves. |
| subsp. canescens var. canescens | |
| subsp. canescens var. lobophyllum | |
| subsp. dregeanum | |
| subsp. lanceolatum | |
| subsp. swazicum | |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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