Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
Usage Category: Food
| Pastinaca sativa * (Parsnip) | |
| Edible root | |
| Pavetta edentula (Large-leaved Bride's Bush) samunyane, sawoti, simunyane, umgcobagcobane, umgcobagcobane, umkhwevane, umkwevane, | |
| Edible leaves & fruit. But Zulus will not eat the fruit of any Pavetta. | |
| Pavetta lanceolata (Weeping Bride's Bush) | |
| Edible leaves taste like watercress. | |
| Pavetta zeyheri (Christmas Bush) | |
| Edible leaves. | |
| Pennisetum purpureum * (Elephant Grass) | |
| Edible young leaves and shoots. | |
| Pennisetum thunbergii (Pearl Millet) bhabhala, | |
| Edible grain. A commercial crop. | |
| Pentarrhinum abyssinicum (African Heartvine) umdzandzabuka, | |
| Edible leaves & fruit. Widely used food source in Southern Africa. | |
| Pentodon pentandrus | |
| Well cooked leaves may be a famine food. | |
| Pergularia daemia var. daemia (Trellis Vine) umdzandzabuka, | |
| Edible leaves | |
| Persea americana * (Avocado) likotapeni, umkotapeni, | |
| Edible fruit. Some people are allergic. | |
| Persicaria decipiens (Knotweed) | |
| Vegetable | |
| Persicaria senegalensis (Silver Snake Root) | |
| Vegetable | |
| Peucedanum capense var. capense (Large Wild Carrot) | |
| Edible leaves | |
| Peucedanum magalismontanum (Wild Carrot) sibhadze, | |
| Edible leaves & shoots. | |
| Phoenix reclinata (Wild Date Palm) isundu, lilala, lisundvu, lusundvu, | |
| Edible fruit & leaves. Sap for beer/cider, usually drunk in the forest. | |
| Phragmites australis (Common Reed) lishane, umklanga, | |
| Edible rhizomes | |
| Phyllanthus myrtaceus | |
| Edible white berries. | |
| Physalis angulata * (Cape Gooseberry) | |
| Edible fruit | |
| Physalis peruviana * (Cape Gooseberry) | |
| Edible fruit. Delicious jam. Leaves and unripe fruits are poisonous. | |
| Physalis viscosa * (Wild Gooseberry) | |
| Edible fruit | |
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