Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - APIACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Centella | |
| asiatica (Indian Pennywort) letintfwala, licubudwane, likhomisi, likhomisle, | |
| Medicinal: | Fruit for skin conditions, pubic lice, leprosy, cancer, & fever. Bulb for new born babies health |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| glabrata var. natalensis (Persiegras) isiwisa, | |
| Cultural: | Charm against hail |
| Medicinal: | Traditional medicine |
| Alepidea | |
| amatymbica (Giant Alepidea) inkhatsankhatsa, likhatsato, | |
| Cultural: | Smoking to connect with ancestors & divining. Wash divining bones. |
| Medicinal: | Snuff for headaches, colds, coughs & rheumatism. Used for adominal pains in Zimbabwe. |
| var. amatymbica | |
| var. aquatica | |
| attenuata (Kalmus) likhatsato, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| gracilis (Kalmus) likhatsato, likhatsatwana, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| longifolia (Kalmus) cocwane, likhatsato, likhokhwane, linjata, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves when young. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| var. angusta | |
| var. longifolia | |
| parva (Kalmus) likhatsato, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| setifera (Kalmus) likhatsatwana, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Heteromorpha | |
| arborescens (Parsley Tree) imvusankunzi, umbangandlala, umjumbula, umvusankunzi, | |
| Cultural: | Forbidden in home |
| Medicinal: | Infusion of leaves as enema for abdominal conditions& intestinal worms. Used for mental conditions. Smoke will relieve headaches. Roots used to help weight gain in children. |
| var. abyssinica | |
| var. arborescens | |
| var. frutescens | |
| Ciclospermum | |
| leptophyllum * (Parsley Tree) | |
| Food: | Edible stalks. |
| Pimpinella | |
| caffra (Parsley Tree) | |
| Food: | Leaves cooked and eaten. |
| Berula | |
| erecta (Giant Water Parsnip) ibophwani, | |
| Medicinal: | Analgesic for toothache |
| subsp. erecta | |
| subsp. thunbergii | |
| Peucedanum | |
| caffrum (Wild Parsley) isingcina, nhlashane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for darrhoea. |
| capense var. capense (Wild Parsley) | |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| magalismontanum (Wild Carrot) sibhadze, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves & shoots. |
| upingtoniae (Wild Carrot) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Steganotaenia | |
| araliacea var. araliacea (Wild Carrot) | |
| Cultural: | Bark & roots used to win law cases. |
| Household: | Stems make pop-guns for children. |
| Medicinal: | Roots for sore throats & bark for asthma |
| Pastinaca | |
| sativa * (Wild Carrot) | |
| Medicinal: | Root & fruit are diuretic & carminative. |
| Food: | Edible root |
| Annesorhiza | |
| flagellifolia (Anise Root) sibhadze, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves, fruit & roots |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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