Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Dombeya rotundifolia (Common Wild Pear) nhliziyo, nhliziyonkhulu, umbikanyaka, umuwane, umwane, umwuwane, | |
| Bark treats intestinal ulcers, vomiting and fainting. Leaves for headaches. Roots for a general purgative. Medicinal for heart problems. | |
| Dovyalis lucida (Glossy Sour Berry) ingcengane, sangongongo, umnyazuma, | |
| Leaves used to treat high blood pressure and diabetes. | |
| Drimia altissima (Tall White Squill) kutula, lukhovu, mahlanganisa, silulwane, ukutula, umhlabelo, unshlabelo, | |
| Bulbs for fractures & backaches. Leaves & roots for pregnancy oedema. | |
| Drimia delagoensis (Itch-egg) mahlanganisa, | |
| Splints for bones. Bulbs are purgative. | |
| Drimia elata (Satin Squill) gibizisila, gibi'z'phoso, | |
| Medicinal for pain reliief & colds.. Emetic. Poisonous qualities. | |
| Drimia sphaerocephala (Round-head Drimia) | |
| Treat external tumours. | |
| Drimia uniflora | |
| Bulbs for expectorants, emetics & diuretics | |
| Drimiopsis maculata (Large-leaved Drimiopsis) injobo, ucibicibane, | |
| Stomach trouble in children | |
| Dryopteris athamantica (Woodferns) | |
| Rhizome used as a general anthelmintic. | |
| Dryopteris inaequalis (Woodferns) | |
| Rhizome used as a general anthelmintic. | |
| Dryopteris lewalleana (Woodferns) | |
| Rhizome used as a general anthelmintic. | |
| Dryopteris pentheri (Woodferns) | |
| Rhizome used as a general anthelmintic. | |
| Duranta erecta * (Forget-me-not Tree) | |
| Poisonous properties. | |
| Duvalia polita (Hottentot's Toes) tililo lomncane, | |
| Medicinal | |
| Eclipta prostrata * (Eclipta) ungcolosi, | |
| Medicinal for skin infections & hepatitis. | |
| Ehretia amoena (Sandpaper Bush) bungela, libhungela, umklele, | |
| Roots used for vomiting. | |
| Ehretia rigida subsp. nervifolia (Puzzle Bush) bhungela, bhungele, umcele, umklele, umxele, | |
| Powdered roots on skin cuts to relieve pain & also for toothache. | |
| Ekebergia capensis (Cape Ash) inyamanti, inyamati, magwedla, manyatsi, matsatse, sindziyandziya, sndiya ndiya, umnyamatsi, | |
| Bark is emetic & for dysentary. Roots for headaches. Leaves for intestinal worms. | |
| Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock Ash) magwedla, umnyamatsi, | |
| Bark emetic and for dysentary. | |
| Elaeodendron croceum (Forest Saffron) ingultane, ingulutane, | |
| Bark is used as emetic. | |
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