Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - AMARANTHACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Celosia | |
| trigyna | |
| Fodder: | Forage & fodder |
| Food: | Young shoots and leaf blades cooked and eaten in Malawi. |
| Hermbstaedtia | |
| odorata var. odorata (Wild Cockscomb) ubuphuphu, umlwandle, uvelabahleke, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm |
| Medicinal: | Cleansing stomach |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| Amaranthus imbuya, | |
| caudatus * (Wild Cockscomb) | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves have abortifacient properties. |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| hybridus * (Pigweed) isheke, lisheke, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves. A traditional, nutritious vegetable crop. |
| subsp. cruentus * | |
| subsp. hybridus var. erythrostachys * | |
| subsp. hybridus var. hybridus * | |
| spinosus * (Pigweed) imboziso, imbuyabatfwa, isheke, lesicadze, lisheke, sicadze lesumtfubi, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots have antihelminthic properties. Leaves treat urethral discharge. |
| Food: | Edible young leaves fresh or dried. Zulus regard as a famine food. |
| thunbergii (Pigweed) insheke, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves stimulate uterus contractions at childbirth. |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| Kyphocarpa | |
| angustifolia umahlabahlabane, | |
| Cyathula | |
| cylindrica | |
| Household: | Roots used for soap |
| var. abbreviata | |
| var. cylindrica | |
| Pupalia | |
| lappacea var. lappacea * (Forest Burr) isinama esibomvu, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for fevers. |
| Aerva | |
| leucura (Forest Burr) | |
| Food: | Leaves eaten by Bushmen in Namibia. |
| Achyranthes | |
| aspera * (Burrweed) layobe, lenamo, | |
| Medicinal: | Chest pains & stomach ache |
| Food: | Parts eaten in the Transkei. |
| var. aspera * | |
| var. pubescens * | |
| var. sicula * | |
| Alternanthera | |
| pungens * (Paper Thorns) ikhungele, | |
| sessilis * (Joseph's Coat) imbuya, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| Gomphrena | |
| celosioides * (Batchelor's Button) intandangulube, unyawo-lwengulube, | |
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