Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - RUTACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Zanthoxylum umtsentse, umnungwane, | |
| capense (Small Knobwood) umhlabanyoni, umnongwane, umnungu mabele, | |
| Household: | The twigs stripped of bark make good toothbrushes. Yellow wood used for implements. |
| Medicinal: | Fruit for colic, flatulence, internal parasites & palsy. Leaves for intestinal disorders and for colds and flu. Bark for toothache & snake bites either orally or applied. Roots treat bilharzia and toothache. |
| davyi (Small Knobwood) | |
| Timber: | Branches used for construction. |
| Firewood: | Branches used for firewood. |
| Household: | Walking sticks, tool handles & fishing rods. Wood polishes well. |
| Calodendrum | |
| capense (Cape Chestnut) umbhaba, | |
| Timber: | Useful timber. |
| Household: | Pale yellow wood for furniture |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal during pregnancy for easy childbirth |
| Oricia | |
| bachmannii (Twin-berry Tree) umbotane, | |
| Household: | Wood a favourite for making bows. |
| Food: | Edible orange coloured fruit. |
| Vepris imotane, | |
| lanceolata (Twin-berry Tree) | |
| Household: | Handles & beams |
| Medicinal: | Powdered root for influenza. |
| reflexa (Rock White Ironwood) motane, umbotane, | |
| Timber: | Wood used for timber. |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Household: | Crafts |
| Toddalia | |
| asiatica (Rock White Ironwood) | |
| Food: | Edible fruit with a sharp taste. |
| Teclea | |
| gerrardii (Zulu Cherry-orange) umbotane, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots used for stomach ache. |
| natalensis (Slender Cherry-orange) umbotane, | |
| Firewood: | Fuelwood. |
| pilosa (Winged Cherry-orange) lugina, ugina, | |
| Clausena | |
| anisata var. anisata (Horsewood) umbangadloti, umnukalampimba, umnukelambiba, umnukelambila, | |
| Cultural: | Traditional to hold new born Xhosa babies in the wood smoke to fumigate them and stop bad spirits. Swazi King uses to give strength. |
| Medicinal: | Steam & smoke as fumigant for heart, rheumatism & fevers. Also acts as a deodorant. Widely used medicinally for many internal ailments. |
| Food: | Edible fruit & leaves |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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