Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - CONVOLVULACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Cuscuta | |
| campestris * (Dodder) umankunkunku, unyendenyende, | |
| Evolvulus | |
| alsinoides (Dodder) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Convolvulus | |
| farinosus (Bindweed) umkhokha wehlathi, | |
| Medicinal: | Purgative & emetic fot stomach ache. |
| sagittatus (Bindweed) uvimbukhalo, | |
| Hewittia | |
| malabarica (Bindweed) ihlanzandulo, | |
| Ipomoea | |
| albivenia (Wooden Rose Creeper) imibuzana, ubatata wentaba, umgwiligwili, ungubasiswana, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal to purify blood |
| Food: | Edible tubers |
| bolusiana (Wooden Rose Creeper) | |
| Food: | Vegetable. Edible roots |
| cairica var. cairica (Morning Glory) ihlambe, ijalamu, intana, umaholwana, | |
| Cultural: | Used for purification after funerals. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for rashes. |
| coscinosperma umdzandzabuka, | |
| crassipes (Leafy-flowered Ipomoea) vimbukhalo, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for dysentary, sores & hiccups. |
| Food: | Roots eaten raw. |
| ficifolia (Leafy-flowered Ipomoea) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for stomach disorders & snakebites |
| oblongata bhogo, bhoqu, ubhogo, ubhoqo, | |
| Food: | Edible roots. |
| obscura var. obscura (Morning Glory Plant) umdzandzabuka, | |
| Medicinal: | Hallucinogenic |
| Food: | Leaves cooked as relish |
| papilio (Morning Glory Plant) | |
| Food: | Young leaves cooked as spinach. |
| pellita (Grassland Ipomoea) ubhoqo, | |
| Cultural: | Love charm & protection from lightning. |
| Food: | Edible tuberous roots. A famine food. |
| plebeia subsp. africana umdzandzabuka, | |
| purpurea * (Common Morning Glory) ijalapha, ijalmu, ubhoqo, | |
| Cultural: | Protective and love charm. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for stomach disorders & purify blood. Seeds hallucinogenic. |
| Food: | Roots are a famine food. |
| sinensis subsp. blepharosepala umdzandzabuka, | |
| Xenostegia | |
| tridentata subsp. angustifolia | |
| Medicinal: | Stomach complanits |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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