Fauna - Vertebrates

Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses

Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005

SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:

Usage Category: Medicinal
Solanum anguivi    (Forest Bitterberry)
     Medicinal seeds
Solanum capense    (Nightshade)
     Medicinal seeds
Solanum giganteum    (Red Bitter-apple)
     Leaves and fruit juice used as a healing ointment
Solanum lichtensteinii    (Grey Bitter-apple)
     Seeds for ringworm, toothache & sore throat. Green fruits poisonous.
Solanum macrocarpon    (Bitter Apple)
     Medicinal seeds for sandworm & ringworm
Solanum mauritianum *   (Bugweed)  gwayane,  intfumana,  isibongabonga,  sibongabonga,  umsobo,
     Medicinal seeds. Fruits are poisonous but not to birds who thus spread the seeds widely.
Solanum nigrum *   (Black Nightshade)  msobo,  umsobo,
     Herb. Eye inflammation, skin disorders, ulcers, eczema.
Solanum panduriforme    (Yellow Bitter-apple)  intfuma lencane,
     Seeds for skin infections, toothache & haemorrhoids.
Solanum retroflexum    (Sobosobo Berry)  intfumana,  umsobo,
     Abdominal upsets, wounds, ringworm & lumbago
Solanum sisymbrifolium *   (Dense-thorned Bitter-apple)
     Green fruits are poisonous.
Solanum tomentosum var. coccineum    (Nightshade)
     Medicinal seeds
Sonchus asper subsp. asper *   (Prickly Sow Thistle)
     Salves for hemorrhoids, ulcers & skin irritations.
Sonchus oleraceus *   (Annual Sow Thistle)  idwingabane,  indvwangabane,
     Dried sap has been used to treat opium addiction
Sopubia cana    (Silvery Supubia)
     Medicinal for menstrual pain and prevent miscarriage.
Sorghum bicolor subsp. arundinaceum    (Common Wild Sorghum)
     Common cause of hay fever.
Sphenostylis angustifolia    (Wild Sweetpea Bush)  insololo,  ithethe,
     Medicinal to cleanse stomach and blood
Sphenostylis marginata subsp. marginata    (Wild Sweetpea Bush)
     Medicinal to cleanse stomach and blood
Spilanthes mauritiana     imfe yemacoco lenabako,
     Medicinal for gums and sore throat
Spirostachys africana    (African Sandalwood)  umtfombotsi,
     Bark for back-ache, emetic & infertility. Smoke semi-poisonous.
Sporobolus ioclados    (Pan Dropseed)
     Medicinal in Zimbabawe for depressed fontanelle.
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