Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses

Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005

COLCHICACEAE
Gloriosa
superba (Flame Lily) lesimnyama, simiselo,
Medicinal:	Rhizomes for skin problems, impotence & fertility but poisonous.
Littonia
modesta (Climbing Bells) luhlamvu,
Cultural:	Ensures birth of girl child. All parts of plants are toxic.
Medicinal:	Infertility. All parts of plant are toxic.
Sandersonia
aurantiaca (Christmas Bells) ihlamvu lasenhla, umagobongwana, ushayabhici,
Cultural:	Protection from evil.
Medicinal:	Medicinal as aphrodisiac..
Androcymbium
longipes (Christmas Bells)
Medicinal:	Earache
melanthioides subsp. transvaalense (Christmas Bells)
Medicinal:	Earache
striatum (Christmas Bells)
Medicinal:	Earache