Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses

Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005

OLEACEAE
Schrebera
alata (Wing-leaved Wooden Pear) sehlulamanya, sehlulamanye,
Timber:	Hard, heavy durable wood.
Firewood:	Fuelwood
Chionanthus
foveolatus (Bastard Ironwood) isandletshe, sandletje,
subsp. foveolatus
subsp. major
peglerae (Large-leaved Ironwood) isizimane esimhlophe, ithintane elimhlophe,
Olea umncuma,
capensis subsp. macrocarpa (Black Ironwood) isitimane,
capensis (Rock Ironwood) sinhletje, sitimane,
Timber:	Wood while difficult to work is widely used.
Fodder:	Forage
Firewood:	Firewood
Household:	Sticks. Can produce beautiful furniture.
Medicinal:	Bark used to treat indigestion.
Food:	Edible fruit. Subsp. macrocarpa can bear up to 10,000 fruits.
subsp. capensis
subsp. enervis
subsp. macrocarpa
europaea subsp. africana (African Olive) umnquma,
woodiana (Forest Olive) manyatsi,
Timber:	Hard "steel-like" wood.
Food:	Edible fruit
Jasminum
fluminense (Forest Olive)
Household:	Branches used to clean teeth
multipartitum (Starry Wild Jasmine) ihlolenkosazane, imfohlafohlane, isandia senkosikazi,
Household:	Fragrant bath & pot-pourri.
Medicinal:	Medicinal emetic.
Food:	Herbal tea. Fruits eaten as a "famine food".