Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - FLACOURTIACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Rawsonia | |
| lucida (Forest Peach) inanga, sehlulamanye, | |
| Timber: | Hard, heavy tough wood. |
| Cultural: | Bark is a good luck charm. |
| Household: | Wood used for carrying sticks. |
| Food: | Edible fruit. But some say inedible. |
| Oncoba | |
| spinosa (Snuff-box Tree) umtfongwane, umtongwane, | |
| Cultural: | Incwala ceremonies. Penis covers under traditional attire. |
| Household: | Hard-shelled fruit used for snuff boxes, rattles, armlets, anklets & protective penis covers. |
| Medicinal: | Roots for dysentary & bladder |
| Food: | Edible fruit pulp but unpleasant taste. Seeds yield an edible oil. |
| subsp. sidamensis | |
| subsp. spinosa | |
| Kiggelaria | |
| africana (Wild Peach) siklalu, | |
| Dyes: | Provides a pink dye. |
| Cultural: | Magic and protective powers. Attracts or protects from lightning. |
| Household: | Furniture & agricultural implements |
| Household: | Furniture & agricultural implements |
| Scolopia litabhane, | |
| mundii (Red Pear) senzelenja, | |
| Household: | Pale brown wood for furniture. |
| Medicinal: | Could be potential source of scopoline - thus to hide a crime. |
| Food: | Edible root. Fruits may be poisonous when first picked but become OK. |
| zeyheri (Thorn Pear) umbabanga, umbadlanga, umtapana, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots medicinal for chest pains and a pain killer. Also male aphrodisiac. |
| Gerrardina | |
| foliosa (Krantz Berry) maluleka, | |
| Homalium | |
| dentatum (Brown Ironwood) lakalaka, lilakalaka, umhlolampunzi, | |
| Timber: | Trunk used for construction. |
| Household: | Wood takes a good polish |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for stomach disorders. |
| Trimeria | |
| grandifolia subsp. grandifolia (Wild Mulberry) ludlebe lendlovu, mahlebe, sicandzamatje, | |
| Timber: | Building huts |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Aphloia | |
| theiformis (Wild Mulberry) | |
| Food: | Small, unpalatable but edible fruit. |
| Flacourtia | |
| indica (Governor's Plum) umbadlanga, umtabhala, | |
| Medicinal: | Bark & roots for sore throats & rheumatism. Leaf tonic for asthma. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Dovyalis emabambane, | |
| caffra (Kei-apple) ntapane, sangongongo, | |
| Cultural: | Pegs reinforce hut protection given by Gardenia cornuta & Vagueria spp. |
| Fodder: | Fodder - useful tree for stock or game farms. |
| Food: | Edible fruit. Excellent jams & jellies. High vitamin C content. |
| lucida (Glossy Sour Berry) ingcengane, sangongongo, umnyazuma, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves used to treat high blood pressure and diabetes. |
| Food: | Edible fruit but sour. |
| rhamnoides (Common Sourberry) mabambana, umabambambane, umnyazuma, | |
| Food: | Tasty edible fruit also used for preserves and wine. |
| zeyheri (Wild Apricot) mabambana, umabambane, umnyazuma, | |
| Food: | Edible but sour fruit eaten raw or made into a jelly. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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