Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - BIGNONIACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Tecomaria | |
| capensis subsp. capensis (Cape Honeysuckle) bopu, malangula, | |
| Honey: | Honey |
| Medicinal: | Bark for fevers, pain, chest ailments & dysentery. Leaf for diarrhoea. |
| Rhigozum | |
| zambesiacum (Eastern Rhigozum) iqaquamba, | |
| Jacaranda | |
| mimosifolia * (Jacaranda) Jacaranda, | |
| Household: | Sculpture, spoons & furniture. |
| Kigelia | |
| africana (Sausage Tree) mvongotsi, umvongotsi, | |
| Timber: | Timber for construction |
| Cultural: | Hung in hut fruits protect against whirlwinds & lightning |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Medicinal: | Fruits for rheumatism, syphilus, ointments, dressings & child enema. |
| Food: | Edible roasted seeds. Inedible fruits used to ferment beer. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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