Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - PTERIDACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Adiantum | |
| capillus-veneris | |
| Medicinal: | Smoke from fronds for respiratory tract disorders. Also hair & scalp. |
| poiretii | |
| Medicinal: | Smoke from fronds for respiratory tract disorders. Also hair & scalp. |
| raddianum * | |
| Medicinal: | Smoke from fronds for respiratory tract disorders. Also hair & scalp. |
| Cheilanthes | |
| eckloniana | |
| Medicinal: | Smoke from burnt fronds for head & chest colds. Ashes for sores. |
| hirta | |
| Medicinal: | Decoction remedies sore throats, colds & asthma. Smoke for sleep. |
| quadripinnata (Four-pinnate Lip Fern) quphulaka, | |
| Cultural: | Can be used to drive away evil spirits. |
| Medicinal: | Crushed rhizomes mixed with milk for diarrhoea. |
| viridis (Common Lip Fern) quphulaka, | |
| Medicinal: | Ground fronds for burns, sores & skin complaints |
| var. glauca | |
| var. macrophylla | |
| var. viridis | |
| Pellaea | |
| calomelanos var. calomelanos (Hard Fern) umphasatje, | |
| Medicinal: | Wide medicinal use. Rhizome decoction used for sores & boils. |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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