Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - CYPERACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Ascolepis | |
| capensis inkhokabovu, lubote, lubuti, lubuzi, sidzayi, umdzayana, umuzi, | |
| Cultural: | Widows head dress |
| Household: | Beer strainers & mats |
| Cyperus incoshane, | |
| albostriatus | |
| Household: | Making mats |
| articulatus (Sedge) inchoboza, | |
| Household: | Sleeping mats & handicrafts |
| congestus (Sedge) | |
| Fodder: | Cattle grazing |
| Household: | Ropes and baskets |
| Food: | Edible bulb. |
| difformis (Sedge) | |
| Household: | Grinding mats |
| dives (Giant Sedge) likhwane, | |
| Household: | Sleeping mats & handicrafts |
| esculentus var. esculentus (Yellow Nut Sedge) umhlata, | |
| Medicinal: | Tubers for indigestion. Tonic & to hasten inception of menstruation. |
| Food: | Edible tubers with a nutty taste. Invasive & allelopathic. |
| fastigiatus (Sedge) insikane, | |
| Household: | Grinding mats |
| latifolius (Sedge) likhwane, | |
| Household: | Sleeping mats & handicrafts |
| leptocladus (Sedge) likhwane, | |
| Household: | Sleeping mats & handicrafts |
| longus (Sedge) indawo, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for colds & stomach ailments. |
| var. longus | |
| var. tenuiflorus | |
| marginatus (Monkey Bulb) inchoboza, | |
| Household: | Sleeping & grinding mats & handicrafts |
| rotundus (Monkey Bulb) | |
| Medicinal: | Rhizomes. Antifebrile & antipyretic. World-wide weed & allelopathic. |
| subsp. rotundus | |
| subsp. tuberosus | |
| semitrifidus (Monkey Bulb) | |
| Household: | Grinding mats |
| sexangularis (Monkey Bulb) | |
| Household: | Grinding mats |
| Pycreus | |
| nitidus ikhwane, intsekane, | |
| Household: | Rhizomes for necklaces and as perfume. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for chest colds. |
| polystachyos var. polystachyos inconcodwane, incondvwane, | |
| Mariscus | |
| Kyllinga umuzi, | |
| alba | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress To make necklace for Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Beer Strainer |
| erecta var. erecta | |
| melanosperma | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress To make necklace for Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Beer strainer |
| odorata | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress To make necklace for Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Beer strainer |
| Schoenoplectus | |
| corymbosus var. corymbosus (Sedge) inchoboza, | |
| Household: | Sleeping mats & handicrafts |
| Isolepis | |
| costata (Sedge) umuzi, | |
| Cultural: | Widow's headdress |
| Household: | Beer strainers |
| Bolboschoenus | |
| maritimus (Sedge) | |
| Food: | Edible fruit |
| Coleochloa | |
| setifera (Scurvy Grass) lutindzi, | |
| Cultural: | For necklace worn after appearance of Mlentengamunye |
| Household: | Handicrafts, baskets, mats & ropes |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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