Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - ASPHODELACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Bulbine | |
| abyssinica (Spreading Bulbine) ibhucu, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for burns, wounds, bilharzia & dysentery. |
| capitata (Spreading Bulbine) | |
| Medicinal: | For burns & wounds |
| frutescens (Spreading Bulbine) | |
| Insecticidal: | Aromatic pesticide |
| Household: | Aromatic used for soaps and cosmetics. |
| Medicinal: | Leaf sap for mosquito bites, abrasions, burns, wounds & rashes. |
| Food: | Edible leaves and stalks. |
| Trachyandra | |
| asperata (Spear Grass) unjwazi, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for new-born's navel. |
| var. nataglencoensis | |
| var. swaziensis | |
| Kniphofia licaca-latokoloshi, tikoloshi, | |
| breviflora (Spear Grass) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| galpinii (Spear Grass) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| linearifolia (Spear Grass) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| multiflora (Red-hot Poker) tokoloshi, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| porphyrantha (Red-hot Poker) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| splendida (Red-hot Poker) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| tysonii subsp. lebomboensis (Red-hot Poker) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| umbrina (Red-hot Poker) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for women |
| Aloe emadzima, inhlaba, imfe yemacoco lemako, | |
| affinis (Red-hot Poker) | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff |
| albida (Aloes) inhlatjana, | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache |
| arborescens (Krantz Aloe) imbovane, incena, | |
| Cultural: | Good luck |
| Medicinal: | Leaf sap for burns, X-ray burns, wounds, bruises & skin abrasions. Leaves for high blood pressure &diabetes. |
| barberae (Krantz Aloe) | |
| Cultural: | Planted around homesteads for hut protection. |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache |
| castanea (Krantz Aloe) | |
| Insecticidal: | The ash left after burning leaves is used as weevil repellent. |
| chabaudii var. chabaudii (Chabaud's Aloe) libhamali, | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache. Antibiotic |
| chortolirioides (Aloes) inhlatjana, | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff. |
| var. chortolirioides | |
| var. woolliana | |
| cooperi (Cooper's Aloe) lisheleshele, lisheshelu, | |
| Medicinal: | For easy birthing. |
| Food: | Edible leaves |
| subsp. cooperi | |
| subsp. pulchra | |
| cryptopoda (Cooper's Aloe) | |
| Dyes: | Dye for wool - reddish brown or purplish-red. |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache. Antibiotic |
| dewetii (Cooper's Aloe) | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache |
| Food: | Edible |
| dominella (Cooper's Aloe) | |
| dyeri (Aloes) lidzema, | |
| ecklonis (Broad-leaved Grass Aloe) lisheshelu, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves, fruit & other portions |
| ecklonis (Ecklon's Aloe) lisheshelu, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm for girls. |
| Medicinal: | Tuberculosis |
| Food: | Edible leaves & flowers |
| greatheadii var. davyana (Ecklon's Aloe) | |
| Medicinal: | Leaf sap for urns & wounds. Antibiotic |
| Food: | Vegetable |
| integra (Aloes) lisheshelu, | |
| Food: | Edible leaves & fruit |
| kniphofioides (Grass Aloe) inhlatjana, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal snuff. |
| linearifolia (Grass Aloe) | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| maculata (Common Soap Aloe) emahala, lihala, | |
| Cultural: | Dlamini does not eat but plants on grave |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for colds, wounds, & ringworm. |
| Food: | Edible heart & leaves. |
| marlothii (Mountain Aloe) mallotti, umhlaba, | |
| Medicinal: | Leaves for snuff, stomach cramps & antibiotic. Roots & leaves for toothache & roundworm. |
| subsp. marlothii | |
| subsp. orientalis | |
| minima (Pink Grass Aloe) inhlatjana, | |
| Medicinal: | Antibiotic |
| Food: | Edible shoots & flowers |
| mudenensis (Pink Grass Aloe) | |
| myriacantha (Pink Grass Aloe) | |
| parvibracteata (Aloes) emahala, | |
| Fodder: | Monkeys, rhino & antelope eat leaves & flowers |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache |
| Food: | Edible parts |
| pretoriensis (Aloes) | |
| rupestris (Bottlebrush Aloe) inkalane, | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache |
| spicata (Bottlebrush Aloe) | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache. Enema for babies. |
| suprafoliata (Bottlebrush Aloe) | |
| Medicinal: | Snuff & roots for toothache |
| tenuior (Bottlebrush Aloe) | |
| Cultural: | Used for protective charms. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for tapeworms. |
| vanbalenii (Van Balen's Aloe) lihala, | |
| Cultural: | Dlamini does not eat but plants on grave |
| Food: | Edible leaves & fruit |
| zebrina (Van Balen's Aloe) | |
| Medicinal: | Antibiotic |
| Gasteria | |
| batesiana var. batesiana (Cow-tongue Cactus) indvololwane, | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for hysteria and a protective charms |
| Food: | Edible flowers |
| Haworthia | |
| limifolia (Fairy Washboard) indvololwane, | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against lightning. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for stomach complaints. |
| var. limifolia | |
| var. ubomboensis | |
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