Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ACANTHACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Thunbergia | |
| alata | |
| Honey: | Visited by bees. |
| atriplicifolia (Natal Primrose) isiphondo esincane, | |
| Cultural: | A love potion |
| Household: | Green fruits used for washing hair |
| dregeana vimbikhalo, | |
| Household: | Green fruits used for washing hair |
| Medicinal: | Venereal diseases |
| natalensis (Natal Bluebell) isiphondo esikhulu, unohlonishwayo, | |
| Cultural: | Charm for happy marriage |
| Hygrophila | |
| auriculata (Natal Bluebell) | |
| Food: | Used as food by the Pedi. |
| Phaulopsis | |
| imbricata umhlonyane, | |
| subsp. imbricata | |
| Ruellia | |
| cordata | |
| Cultural: | Love charm and to make someone invisible. |
| Crabbea | |
| hirsuta (Prickle Head) ihlasi, umusa, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| nana (Prickle Head) | |
| Food: | Listed as edible in the Transkei. |
| Barleria | |
| elegans (White Bushveld Barleria) umhlalulwane, | |
| obtusa (White Bushveld Barleria) | |
| Fodder: | Browsed by stock & game |
| Sclerochiton | |
| harveyanus (Blue-lips) mazabuka, | |
| Crossandra | |
| fruticulosa (Blue-lips) | |
| Fodder: | Browsed by game |
| Asystasia | |
| gangetica (Creeping Foxglove) isihobo, | |
| Food: | Leaves eaten as spinach. |
| subsp. gangetica | |
| subsp. micrantha | |
| schimperi (Creeping Foxglove) | |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| Metarungia | |
| longistrobus (Creeping Foxglove) | |
| Honey: | Flowers attract bees. |
| Dicliptera | |
| clinopodia (Creeping Foxglove) | |
| Food: | Young leaves used a spinach. |
| divaricata (Creeping Foxglove) | |
| Honey: | Honey |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for sore eyes. |
| Hypoestes | |
| aristata (Ribbon Bush) idololenkonyane-elimhlophe, uhlonyane, | |
| Medicinal: | Crushed leaves as a poultice for sore eyes. |
| Food: | Used as spinach by some. |
| var. alba | |
| var. aristata | |
| Mackaya | |
| bella (Forest Bell Bush) luvatsi, umzwatsi, | |
| Firewood: | Kindle fire by friction. |
| Ruttya | |
| ovata (Ruttya) unhalwana lomfula, | |
| Isoglossa | |
| ciliata (Ruttya) | |
| Honey: | Honey |
| Justicia | |
| betonica (Paper Plume) instelo yemehlo, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves used for conjunctivitis. |
| campylostemon (Honey Justicia) isipheka, ubomane, | |
| flava (Honey Justicia) | |
| Household: | Perfumed beads made from roots |
| Medicinal: | To treat coughs. |
| protracta subsp. protracta (Honey Justicia) | |
| Honey: | Honey |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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