Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
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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