Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - GENTIANACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Anthocleista | |
| grandiflora (Forest Fever Tree) luvinga, luvungu, umhhobohhobo, umhobohobo, umkhobhohhobho, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves or bark for malaria. Bark relieves diarrhoea. Bark & roots treat stomach cramps. |
| Food: | Tea made from the bitter tasting leaves. |
| Sebaea | |
| grandis (Primrose Gentian) umalopha omncane, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm emetic. |
| sedoides isivumelwane esikhulu, umanqweyana, umsolo, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm emetic. |
| Medicinal: | Enemas for children. |
| var. confertiflora | |
| var. schoenlandii | |
| var. sedoides | |
| Chironia | |
| krebsii (Kreb's Gentian) umanqunduswazi, umbangwangwa, | |
| Medicinal: | For colic and diarrhoea in children |
| palustris (Kreb's Gentian) | |
| Medicinal: | For colic and diarrhoea in children |
| subsp. rosacea | |
| subsp. transvaalensis | |
| purpurascens (Kreb's Gentian) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| subsp. humilis | |
| subsp. purpurascens | |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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