Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses - DIOSCOREACEAE
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| Dioscorea | |
| cotinifolia (Wild Yam) ingwevu, lunyawo lwendlovu, sikhundla, umkhankha, umkhanya, | |
| Medicinal: | Bark is medicinal. Related to sources of fertility "pill". |
| Food: | Edible tubers. |
| dregeana (Wild Yam) ndiyaza, | |
| Cultural: | Lightening conductor |
| Medicinal: | Rhizomes are a sedative for hysteria & epilepsy. Poisonous. |
| Food: | Tubers need much preparation as a famine food only. Poisonous |
| quartiniana (Yam) lunyawolwendlovu, unyawo-lwendlovu, | |
| Food: | Tubers need much preparation as a famine food only. Poisonous |
| rupicola (Yam) lunyawolwendlovu, | |
| Food: | Tubers need much preparation as a famine food only. Poisonous |
| sylvatica (Elephant's Foot) ingwevu, intsani, lunyawolwendlovu, sikhundla, | |
| Medicinal: | Roots as blood purifiers & for chest conditions. Used in preparation of Cortisone. |
| var. brevipes | |
| var. sylvatica | |
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by botanical name - families:
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