Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
Cycnium adonense (Ink Plant) | |
Remedy for snakebite | |
Cycnium racemosum (Large Pink Ink Plant) uhlabahlangane, | |
Medicinal for pain and in childbirth. | |
Cymbopogon pospischilii (Oil Grass) lucungwa, | |
Medicinal | |
Cynodon dactylon (Couch Grass) ngwengane, | |
For heartburn, wounds, indigestion & as blood purifer. | |
Cynoglossum hispidum (Hound's Tongue) | |
Probably poisonous. | |
Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus (Yellow Nut Sedge) umhlata, | |
Tubers for indigestion. Tonic & to hasten inception of menstruation. | |
Cyperus longus (Sedge) indawo, | |
Medicinal for colds & stomach ailments. | |
Cyperus rotundus (Red Nut Sedge) | |
Rhizomes. Antifebrile & antipyretic. World-wide weed & allelopathic. | |
Cyphia elata lugagane, | |
Medicinal emetic. | |
Cyphostemma cirrhosum (Droog-my-keel) mopho, | |
Medicinal. | |
Cyphostemma subciliatum inkhokhabovu, likhambiletilondza, | |
Leaves for peptic ulcers. Bulb for cancer and abscess. | |
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Duck Grass) | |
Medicinal for kidney ailments & cough | |
Dais cotinifolia (Pompon Tree) intfocwane, | |
Medicinal. Wide variety of uses. | |
Dalbergia melanoxylon (Zebra Wood) licobhe, | |
Roots & bark prepared to treat toothache | |
Dalbergia obovata (Climbing Flatbean) umzungulu, | |
Bark preparation for sore mouths & stomachs in babies. Cures boils. | |
Dalechampia capensis (Wild Hop) imbabatane, | |
Medicinal | |
Datura ferox * (Large Thorn Apple) | |
Medicinal for swellings. Leaves for psychosis. Poisonous. | |
Datura stramonium * (Common Thorn Apple) lijowe, lijoye, liljowe, umkhuna, | |
Seeds & leaves to induce halucinations & delusions. Poisonous. | |
Deinbollia oblongifolia (Dune Soapberry) igololenkawu, intisamasimu, iphengulula, iqinisamasimu, maqinisa, umuthiwezi-thutha, | |
Root preparation used for stomach problems. Bark for headaches. | |
Dianthus mooiensis subsp. kirkii (Frilly Dianthus) tjanibezwe, | |
Medicinal. Emetic. | |
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