Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ANNONACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Uvaria masweti, | |
| caffra (Small Cluster-pear) umtitane, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots used for chest pains. |
| Food: | Edible fruits eaten by children. |
| lucida (Small Cluster-pear) | |
| Timber: | Stems used for binding hut building materials. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| subsp. lucida | |
| subsp. virens | |
| Monanthotaxis | |
| caffra (Dwaba Berry) imxope, libunza, masweleti, masweti, sititane, umtitane, umxobhe, | |
| Cultural: | Burial shroud. Magical properties tree - a charm against nightmares. |
| Household: | Baskets made from young branchlets. |
| Medicinal: | Roots for venereal disease and to prevent hysteria & deworming. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Xylopia | |
| odoratissima (Dwaba Berry) | |
| Cultural: | Roots are powerful "muti" |
| Annona | |
| senegalensis (Wild Custard Apple) ematelemba, ematembe, matelemba, pofugwane, umtelemba, umtelembu, | |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Medicinal: | Roots are used medicinally as a cure for dizziness & as a cure for madness.. Bark for burns & wounds. Also emetic. |
| Food: | Edible fruit. Smells like a pineapple and tastes like an apricot. |
| subsp. oulotricha var. areolata | |
| subsp. oulotricha var. oulotricha | |
| subsp. senegalensis | |
| Monodora | |
| junodii (Green-apple) umkotshi, | |
| Household: | Seeds are used for necklaces. |
| Food: | Edible hard woody fruit. Some say it is inedible. |
| Artabotrys | |
| monteiroae (Hook-berry Bush) umazwenda, | |
| Food: | Edible fruit. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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