Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - COLCHICACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Gloriosa | |
| superba (Flame Lily) lesimnyama, simiselo, | |
| Medicinal: | Rhizomes for skin problems, impotence & fertility but poisonous. |
| Littonia | |
| modesta (Climbing Bells) luhlamvu, | |
| Cultural: | Ensures birth of girl child. All parts of plants are toxic. |
| Medicinal: | Infertility. All parts of plant are toxic. |
| Sandersonia | |
| aurantiaca (Christmas Bells) ihlamvu lasenhla, umagobongwana, ushayabhici, | |
| Cultural: | Protection from evil. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal as aphrodisiac.. |
| Androcymbium | |
| longipes (Christmas Bells) | |
| Medicinal: | Earache |
| melanthioides subsp. transvaalense (Christmas Bells) | |
| Medicinal: | Earache |
| striatum (Christmas Bells) | |
| Medicinal: | Earache |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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