Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - BORAGINACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Cordia | |
| caffra (Septee) umlovu, | |
| Timber: | Fence posts & huts |
| Firewood: | Sticks can make fire by friction. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| Food: | Edible fruit but not tasty. |
| monoica (Cork Bush) lilovu lelimnyama, lilovu lelimyama, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| Food: | Edible red fruit. |
| Ehretia | |
| amoena (Sandpaper Bush) bungela, libhungela, umklele, | |
| Timber: | Fence posts. |
| Household: | Pestles for grinding grain. Handicrafts. |
| Medicinal: | Roots used for vomiting. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| rigida subsp. nervifolia (Puzzle Bush) bhungela, bhungele, umcele, umklele, umxele, | |
| Cultural: | Good luck charm. Protection from hailstorms and many other uses. Good luck for hunters. |
| Fodder: | Useful fodder for game and stock. |
| Household: | Wood used for fishing baskets, pestles and spear shafts. |
| Medicinal: | Powdered roots on skin cuts to relieve pain & also for toothache. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Trichodesma | |
| physaloides (Puzzle Bush) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for wounds in Zimbabawe |
| zeylanicum (Puzzle Bush) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| Food: | Edible leaves and other parts. |
| Cynoglossum | |
| hispidum (Puzzle Bush) | |
| Medicinal: | Probably poisonous. |
| Anchusa | |
| capensis (Puzzle Bush) | |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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