Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
| SAPINDACEAE | |
| Cardiospermum | |
| corindum | |
| Medicinal: | Sedative properties. |
| grandiflorum (Balloon Vine) uzipho, | |
| Cultural: | Wreaths worn by widows at funerals by Asante |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal. Sedative properties |
| halicacabum * (Balloon Vine) likhambilemamba, | |
| Food: | Leaves used as spinach. |
| Medicinal: | Medicinal for diarrhoea, catarrh & body sores. Sedative properties. |
| Allophylus inhlangushane, | |
| africanus var. africanus (Balloon Vine) | |
| Cultural: | Magico-medicinal uses. |
| Food: | Edible fruit & leaves |
| decipiens (Balloon Vine) | |
| Household: | Cabinets |
| Atalaya | |
| alata (Lebombo Wing-nut) inona, umnondo, | |
| Deinbollia | |
| oblongifolia (Dune Soapberry) igololenkawu, intisamasimu, iphengulula, iqinisamasimu, maqinisa, umuthiwezi-thutha, | |
| Household: | Seeds used for making soap. |
| Medicinal: | Root preparation used for stomach problems. Bark for headaches. |
| Food: | Leaves can be eaten as spinach. Fruit may be a famine food. |
| Pappea | |
| capensis (Jacket Plum) lilatsa, umkhunu, | |
| Timber: | Hard, tough useful wood. |
| Cultural: | Roots used by sangomas as good luck charm to increase business. |
| Fodder: | Leaves valuable for browsing by stock or game. |
| Firewood: | Firewood |
| Household: | Seeds yield a heavy oil. Used for soap and lubrication. |
| Medicinal: | Seeds, leaves, roots & bark for baldness & venereal disease. |
| Food: | Edible fruit. Can be used for jelly, alcoholic beverage & vinegar. |
| Dodonaea | |
| viscosa (Common Sand Olive) iheji, liheji, | |
| Timber: | Fencing |
| Soil Conservation: | Sometimes used to consolidate sand and reclaim marshes |
| Medicinal: | Root infusion for common cold. Leaf decoction for rheumatism. |
| Food: | Seeds are edible. |
| Hippobromus | |
| pauciflorus (False Horsewood) luphephetse, lutwile, siphahluka, | |
| Cultural: | Root regarded as love-charm. |
| Household: | Walking sticks. |
| Medicinal: | Leaves for headaches and eyes, poisonous roots for dysentery. |
Botanical order | SiSwati (alphabetical) | Usage (by category)
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