Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - SCROPHULARIACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Nemesia | |
| denticulata | |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| fruticans | |
| Food: | Leaves can be used as spinach. |
| Diclis | |
| reptans (Dwarf Snapdragon) isinama, | |
| Food: | Edible parts |
| Halleria | |
| lucida (Tree Fuschia) liminta, londomela, umbindza, umbinta, umbita, umhlahlakanya, umminta, | |
| Cultural: | Charm against evil. Twigs & plants burnt as sacrifice to ancestral spirits. With Rhamnus prinoides protects village from wizards. |
| Fodder: | Fodder & forage |
| Firewood: | Can start fire by friction. |
| Household: | Sticks, handles & spear shafts. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for ear and skin complaints. |
| Food: | Edible sweet fruit |
| Phygelius | |
| aequalis (Tree Fuschia) | |
| Cultural: | Charm against hail damage to crops. |
| Medicinal: | Used in traditional medicine. |
| Bowkeria | |
| cymosa (Escarpment Shell-flower) luchwimi, | |
| Manulea | |
| parviflora (Pepper and Salt) isola, | |
| Medicinal: | Enema for children with intestinal disorders. |
| var. limonioides | |
| var. parviflora | |
| Sutera | |
| floribunda usikisiki lwehlathi, | |
| Honey: | Visited by honey bees. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for chest colds & menstrual pains. |
| Mimulus | |
| gracilis | |
| Medicinal: | Irregular menstruation |
| Lindernia | |
| parviflora | |
| Fodder: | Annual grazed by cattle. |
| Tetraselago | |
| natalensis (Natal Blue Haze) usikisiki, | |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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