Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Terminalia phanerophlebia (Lebombo Cluster-leaf) mambonjwane, umangwe, | |
| Bark & roots are medicinal | |
| Terminalia sericea (Silver Cluster-leaf) emangwe, mangwelamhlophe, | |
| Root decoction for diarrhoea, colic, stomach disorders & pneumonia. Bark medicinal & a posion antidote. Bilharzia. | |
| Tetradenia riparia (Misty Plume Bush) gilinyathi, gilinyatsi, libota, libotha, liphunga, liphungula, lphunganhlola, | |
| Leaves for respiratory ailments, body itches, wounds, fevers & malaria. Roots are blood purifier. | |
| Teucrium kraussii (Germander) | |
| Medicinal as a tonic and for snake bites.. Treat meat infected by anthrax. | |
| Thesium multiramulosum mayisaka, | |
| Medicinal | |
| Thesium pallidum (Yellow Thesium) umahesaka-obomvu, | |
| Medicinal | |
| Thilachium africanum (Cucumber Bush) vuma, | |
| Roots are medicinal. | |
| Thunbergia dregeana vimbikhalo, | |
| Venereal diseases | |
| Trachyandra asperata (Spear Grass) unjwazi, | |
| Medicinal for new-born's navel. | |
| Tradescantia fluminensis * (Wandering Jew) | |
| Medicinal for warts. | |
| Tragia meyeriana | |
| Medicinal to cause sexual excitement. | |
| Trema orientalis (Pigeon Wood) nsakasaka, umbalakacane, umbalakancane, umbalalaquane, umbambangwe, umphahla, | |
| A medicinal tree. | |
| Tribulus terrestris var. terrestris (Devil-thorns) inkunzane, | |
| Fruits for genitourinary ailments, incontinence & kidney stones. | |
| Tricalysia lanceolata (Jackal Coffee) cwatsi, indulwane, indvulwane, umphehla, umphela cwatsi, | |
| Roots used as an emetic. | |
| Trichilia dregeana (Forest Natal Mahogany) | |
| Bark, seeds & leaves widely used medicinally. | |
| Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica (Natal Mahogany) mkhudlu, mkuhlu, umhubhulu, | |
| Bark yields an emetic purgative for lumbago, & haematuria. Seed oil taken for rheumatism. Fruit used for wounds. Root & bark for pregnancy oedema. Leaves in the bed induce sleep. | |
| Trichodesma physaloides (Chocolate Bells) | |
| Medicinal for wounds in Zimbabawe | |
| Trichodesma zeylanicum (Late Weed) | |
| Medicinal | |
| Trimeria grandifolia subsp. grandifolia (Wild Mulberry) ludlebe lendlovu, mahlebe, sicandzamatje, | |
| Medicinal | |
| Tritonia disticha subsp. rubrolucens (Red Tritonia) isidwe esibomvu, | |
| Used traditionally to treat stomach complaints in babies. | |
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