Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - COMMELINACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Commelina | |
| africana (Yellow Commelina) lidzangamane, | |
| Fodder: | Fodder & forage |
| Medicinal: | Root for menstrual cramps, venereal diseases & other ailments. |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| var. africana | |
| var. krebsiana | |
| var. lancispatha | |
| benghalensis (Wandering Jew) idambiso, idangabane, idemadema, idlebendlele, | |
| Medicinal: | Infertility, burns, sore throats, dysentary, leprosy |
| Food: | Vegetable. Leaves are a famine food for some. |
| diffusa (Wandering Jew) | |
| Food: | Vegetable. Edible leaves. |
| subsp. diffusa | |
| subsp. scandens | |
| eckloniana (Dayflower) idangabane elincane, | |
| erecta (Blue Commelina) idangabane, | |
| Aneilema lidzangamane, | |
| aequinoctiale (Clinging Aneilma) idangamane, idwangubane, indvwangubane, | |
| Fodder: | Fodder. Pig's food |
| Food: | Edible leaves & tuberous roots. |
| dregeanum (Clinging Aneilma) | |
| Fodder: | Fodder. Pig's food |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| hockii (Clinging Aneilma) | |
| Fodder: | Fodder. Pig's food |
| Cyanotis | |
| speciosa (Doll's Powder Puff) ingonga, inkombo, insonga, udabulamafu, umakotigoyile, | |
| Cultural: | Protective & love charm. |
| Medicinal: | Roots for menstrual cramps & infertility. |
| Food: | A Zulu famine food. |
| Tradescantia | |
| fluminensis * (Doll's Powder Puff) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for warts. |
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