Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - THYMELAEACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Peddiea | |
| africana (Green Flower Tree) intfocwane, | |
| Household: | Bark fibre for ropes. |
| Medicinal: | Used in traditional medicine but is also poisonous. |
| Gnidia | |
| caffra umshanyelo, | |
| Household: | To make brooms |
| capitata mabophe, | |
| Cultural: | "Muti" to make people agree. Divining torch to discover thieves. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| kraussiana var. kraussiana (Yellow Head) umsilawengwe, umsilawengwenya, | |
| Medicinal: | Toothache and an abortifacient. Snakebites. Poisonous. Roots & leaves for dizziness. Has been used as arrow poison. |
| splendens (Lesser Yellow Head) umshanyelo, | |
| Household: | To make brooms |
| Medicinal: | Lumbago, sore throats & snakebites |
| Englerodaphne | |
| ovalifolia (Fibre Bush) uhlosa, | |
| pilosa (Silky Fibre Bush) intfocwane, | |
| Passerina | |
| filiformis subsp. filiformis (Brown Gonna) unwele oluncane, | |
| Firewood: | Fuelwood. |
| Household: | Very strong fibre from bark. |
| Medicinal: | Early white settlers soaked leaves & used to bandage wounds. |
| montana (Brown Gonna) | |
| Firewood: | Very flammable firewood. |
| Dais | |
| cotinifolia (Pompom Tree) pum, pum pum, | |
| cotinifolia (Pompon Tree) intfocwane, | |
| Dyes: | Bark contains tannin. |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Household: | Bark plaited to make strong ropes. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. Wide variety of uses. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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