Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - HYPOXIDACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Hypoxis imfuce, inkhofe, zifozonke, | |
| acuminata | |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal |
| angustifolia | |
| Cultural: | Making a good luck charm. |
| var. angustifolia | |
| var. buchananii | |
| argentea var. argentea | |
| Food: | Edible corms or bulbs |
| costata | |
| exaltata | |
| filiformis | |
| Food: | Edible corms or bulbs |
| galpinii | |
| gerrardii | |
| hemerocallidea (African Potato) iboya, imbita, inkhofi, inkhomfe, liboya, lilabatseka, | |
| Dyes: | Black dye produced from leaves |
| Household: | Leaves make rope. Bulb to blacken flowers. |
| Medicinal: | Corm for prostatic hypertrophy, immune systems & as a tonic. Also diarrhoea in children & infective dermatitis. Reputed effective for HIV/AIDS |
| iridifolia (African Potato) | |
| kraussiana (African Potato) | |
| limicola (African Potato) | |
| membranacea (African Potato) | |
| multiceps (African Potato) | |
| Cultural: | Protective charm against lightning. |
| parvifolia (African Potato) | |
| parvula var. parvula (African Potato) | |
| rigidula (African Potato) | |
| Household: | Making Ropes |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. |
| var. pilosissima | |
| var. rigidula | |
| villosa var. obliqua (African Potato) | |
| Food: | Edible corms or bulbs |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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