Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - CRASSULACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Cotyledon | |
| orbiculata (Pig's Ears) imphewula, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaf poultice for sore throat, to expel worms, boils & abcesses. |
| var. oblonga x C. campanulata | |
| var. oblonga | |
| var. orbiculata | |
| Kalanchoe imbali yetindlebe, | |
| lanceolata (Pig's Ears) | |
| Other: | Poisonous properties. Flowers maybe more poisonous than leaves |
| paniculata (Large Orange Kalanchoe) indabulaluvalo, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm. |
| rotundifolia (Large Orange Kalanchoe) | |
| Medicinal: | Emetic. Poisonous properties. Goats especially susceptable. |
| thyrsiflora (White Lady) utshwala benyoni, | |
| Medicinal: | Earache, colds, intestinal worms. Poisonous qualities. |
| Crassula umchobozovithi, | |
| acinaciformis (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| alba (White Lady) | |
| Cultural: | Charm to make one invisible |
| var. alba | |
| var. pallida | |
| var. parvisepala | |
| alpestris subsp. massonii (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| arborescens subsp. arborescens (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Food: | Edible roots. |
| brevifolia subsp. brevifolia (White Lady) | |
| compacta (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| expansa (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| subsp. expansa | |
| subsp. fragilis | |
| lanceolata (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| subsp. denticulata | |
| subsp. lanceolata | |
| subsp. transvaalensis | |
| orbicularis (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| ovata (White Lady) | |
| Honey: | Attracts bees |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Food: | Roots can be grated, cooked and eaten. |
| pellucida (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| subsp. alsinoides | |
| subsp. brachypetala | |
| subsp. marginalis | |
| perfoliata var. heterotricha (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| sarcocaulis subsp. sarcocaulis (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal emetic. |
| setulosa (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| var. rubra | |
| var. setulosa forma latipetala | |
| var. setulosa | |
| swaziensis (White Lady) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| vaginata (White Lady) | |
| Cultural: | Love charm. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for earache & bruises. |
| Food: | Edible roots. Famine food mixed with sour milk. |
| subsp. minuta | |
| subsp. vaginata | |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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