Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - CHRYSOBALANACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Parinari umkhuna, | |
| capensis (Mobola Plum) imvimbandhlebe, mebulwa, umkuna, umvalandhlebe, umvimbandlebe, | |
| subsp. capensis | |
| subsp. incohata | |
| capensis subsp. incohata (Mobola Plum) | |
| Timber: | Timber for construction |
| Medicinal: | Bark for pneumonia & roots for toothache |
| Food: | Edible fruit produced in huge quantities. Edible nuts. |
| capensis subsp. capensis (Mobola Plum) | |
| Medicinal: | Bark for pneumonia & roots for toothache. Leaf for diarrhoea. |
| Food: | Edible fruit are very life sustaining. Nuts also eaten. |
| curatellifolia (Mobola Plum) mabulwa, | |
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