Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ARALIACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Schefflera | |
| umbellifera (False Cabbage Tree) umsengembuti, umusenge mbuti, | |
| Cultural: | Bark is a good luck charm & acquistion of metaphysical powers. |
| Household: | Doors for huts, fruit boxes & matches. |
| Medicinal: | Leaves medicinal for rheumatism & malaria. |
| Cussonia | |
| natalensis (Simple-leaved Cabbage Tree) imphikayiboni, msenge, umbudzi, umsenge, | |
| Cultural: | Used to provoke rain. Bark, fruit & roots used during inyanga & sangoma ceremonies. Bark used foir luck in law cases or war. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. An emetic |
| nicholsonii (South Coast Cabbage Tree) umsenge, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. An emetic |
| paniculata subsp. sinuata (Mountain Cabbage Tree) umsenge, | |
| Fodder: | Fodder |
| Medicinal: | Emetic. Leaves for mental problems |
| Food: | Edible roots. Fruit edible when ripe. |
| sphaerocephala (Forest Cabbage Tree) umsenge, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. An emetic |
| spicata (Cabbage Tree) umsenge, umtsentse, | |
| Fodder: | Fodder |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Medicinal: | Roots & bark as emetic & malaria. Roots for vomit. Leaves medicinal. |
| Food: | Roots are edible and thirst quenching. |
| zuluensis (Zulu Cabbage Tree) umsenge, | |
| Medicinal: | Emetic |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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