Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - VERBENACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Lantana bukhwebeletane, | |
| camara * (Lantana) mehlwakati, | |
| Honey: | Visited by bees. |
| Medicinal: | Leaves for malaria. |
| Food: | Edible fruit when ripe. Plant a common cause of`livestock poisoning. |
| mearnsii var. latibracteolata (Lantana) | |
| montevidensis * (Lantana) | |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| rugosa (Bird's Brandy) bhubhubhu, inkhobe, inkobe, khitchukhurwani, khushukhushwana, | |
| Medicinal: | For abdominal pain, sore eyes, coughs, napkin rash & rheumatism. Tops & roots treat night terrors. Roots for angina pectoris. |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| trifolia * (Bird's Brandy) | |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Lippia | |
| javanica (Lemon Bush) luhlanga, msutane, musutane, mutshwane, mutswane, umsutane, umswazi, | |
| Cultural: | For ritual cleansing after contact with corpse & for protection from dogs, crocodiles & lightning. |
| Insecticidal: | Leaves are a mosquito replellent. Fumes from crushing used to drug bees. |
| Household: | Stems used as toothbrush. |
| Medicinal: | Tea from leaves for coughs, bronchitis, fever & colds especially in children. Poisonous properties. Top used for napkin rash & night terrors. Crushed leaves, roots & branchesd inhaled for headaches. |
| Phyla | |
| nodiflora * (Lemon Bush) | |
| Soil Conservation: | Good ground cover for exposed areas |
| var. nodiflora * | |
| var. rosea * | |
| Chascanum | |
| incisum (Lemon Bush) | |
| Food: | Used as spinach |
| Priva | |
| cordifolia var. abyssinica isinama, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for sores, wounds & ophthalmia. |
| Duranta | |
| erecta * | |
| Medicinal: | Poisonous properties. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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