Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Brunsvigia natalensis (Natal Candelabra Flower) | |
| Straighten child's bones | |
| Brunsvigia radulosa (Candelabra Flower) | |
| Straighten child's bones & treats barrenness in women. Poisonous. | |
| Buddleja saligna (False Olive Sage) | |
| Leaves for coughs & colds. Roots purgative & to induce vomiting. | |
| Buddleja salviifolia (Sagewood) | |
| Decoction of roots for coughs, colds & colic. Extracts for sores. Infusion of leaves as eye lotion. | |
| Bulbine abyssinica (Spreading Bulbine) ibhucu, | |
| Medicinal for burns, wounds, bilharzia & dysentery. | |
| Bulbine capitata (Scented Grass Bulbine) | |
| For burns & wounds | |
| Bulbine frutescens (Stalked Bulbine) | |
| Leaf sap for mosquito bites, abrasions, burns, wounds & rashes. | |
| Burchellia bubalina (Wild Pomegranate) intfumba-dloti, mahlosana, | |
| Roots as emetic and cosmetic body wash. | |
| Cadaba natalensis (Natal Worm Bush) indondamnyama, indvodzamnyama, | |
| Medicinal | |
| Callilepis laureola (Ox-eye Daisy) mila, | |
| Roots for burns & as a tonic. Also for tapeworms. Poisonous. | |
| Callilepis leptophylla (Velvet Sweetberry) imphila, imphilane, impila, | |
| Medicinal | |
| Calodendrum capense (Cape Chestnut) umbhaba, | |
| Medicinal during pregnancy for easy childbirth | |
| Calpurnia aurea subsp. aurea (Wild Laburnum) umphendvulo, | |
| Powerful anti-vermin properties. Anti lice & maggots. | |
| Calpurnia glabrata (Swazi Calpurnia) umphendvulo, | |
| Powerful anti-vermin properties. Anti lice & maggots. | |
| Canavalia virosa (Savanna Canavalia) | |
| Poisonous seeds. | |
| Cannabis sativa * (Marijuana) dagga, insangu, | |
| Medicinal for relief of depression, nausea & abdominal pains. | |
| Canthium inerme (Raisin-fruited Canthium) mevane, | |
| Leaves used for stomach complaints. | |
| Capparis brassii (Caper Bush) | |
| Medicinal - emetic. | |
| Capparis fascicularis var. fascicularis (Wild Caper Bush) mabusane, | |
| Medicinal - emetic. | |
| Capparis sepiaria var. citrifolia (Wild Caper Bush) | |
| Medicinal - emetic. | |
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