Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ASPARAGACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Asparagus | |
| aethiopicus | |
| Food: | Edible shoots |
| angusticladus | |
| Food: | Edible shoots |
| asparagoides (Cape Smilax) ibutha, inkunzimbili, | |
| Cultural: | Charm to increase fertility of cattle. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for sore eyes |
| cooperi (Wild Asparagus) lubane, | |
| Medicinal: | Kidney & stomach complaints & infections |
| Food: | Edible shoots |
| falcatus (Yellowwood Asparagus) imbelekazana, | |
| Fodder: | Fruits & leaves eaten by monkeys, birds, & antelopes |
| Medicinal: | Root is antibiotic, aphrodisiac, nerve tonic & antispasmodic |
| macowanii (Zulu Asparagus) silevu sembuti, | |
| Cultural: | Traditional. Used for divination. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| plumosus (Zulu Asparagus) | |
| Food: | Edible shoots |
| racemosus (Zulu Asparagus) | |
| Medicinal: | Root is antibiotic, aphrodisiac, nerve tonic & antispasmodic |
| ramosissimus (Cascade Asparagus) ibutha, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against snakes. |
| Medicinal: | Treatment of colic |
| Food: | Edible roots |
| setaceus (Wild Asparagus) mahlabane, silevu sembuti, umutsi wekubeleka, | |
| Cultural: | Used in love charms. |
| Medicinal: | Roots used for hypotonic labour. |
| Food: | Edible shoots |
| suaveolens (Wild Asparagus) | |
| Medicinal: | Roots used medicinally |
| Food: | Edible shoots. |
| virgatus (Broom Asparagus) umshanveto, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charms. |
| Household: | Crafts |
| Medicinal: | Syphilis & intestinal worms |
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