Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
Usage Category: Medicinal
| Mikania natalensis (Mikania) ihlozi, ikhambi-lesiduli, umdlonzo, | |
| Medicinal for urinary complaints, headache, backache & colds. | |
| Mimulus gracilis (Wild Monkey Flowers) | |
| Irregular menstruation | |
| Mimusops obovata (Red Milkwood) mphushane, umphasikane, | |
| Bark used medicinally. | |
| Mohria vestita (Scented Fern) | |
| Used to rid children of worms. Mixed with fat an ointment for burns. | |
| Momordica balsamina (African Cucumber) inkaka, inkhakha, inkhakhi, | |
| Fruit is purgative, emetic, antispasmodic & stomachic. | |
| Momordica cardiospermoides (Bitter Gourd) inshubaba, insubaba, | |
| Medicinal. Leaves used for treating diabetes. | |
| Momordica foetida (Bitter Gourd) inshubaba, | |
| Medicinal for stomach, boils & high blood pressure. | |
| Monadenium lugardiae umdlebe, | |
| An abortifacient & for stomach & chest pains. Also poisonous. | |
| Monanthotaxis caffra (Dwaba Berry) imxope, libunza, masweleti, masweti, sititane, umtitane, umxobhe, | |
| Roots for venereal disease and to prevent hysteria & deworming. | |
| Mondia whitei (White's Ginger) umondi, | |
| Roots for stress, tension, indigestion & constipation. Aphrodisiac. Bark & leaves helps labout pains easy birth and healthy child. | |
| Monopsis decipiens (Butterfly Lobelia) isidala somkhuhlane, | |
| Medicinal for colds, skin diseases & rheumatism | |
| Moraea spathulata (Large Yellow Moraea) | |
| Medicinal for infertility. Can be poisonous for stock | |
| Moraea stricta (Natal Lily) | |
| Can be poisonous for stock | |
| Morella pilulifera (Broad-leaved Waxberry) maluleka, melulefa, meluleka, umlulama , | |
| Medicinal roots to maintain well-being and good health. | |
| Morella serrata (Lance-leaved Waxberry) leti, maluleka, meluleka, uleti, | |
| Roots & bark used as remedy for headaches. | |
| Morus alba * (White Mulberry) emagumence, liguncumence, | |
| Fruit, leaves & bark. Expectorant & for colds. | |
| Mucuna coriacea (Buffalo Bean) umkhokha, | |
| An ingredient of some poisons in Haiti and West Africa. | |
| Mundulea sericea (Cork Bush) umsindzandlovana, | |
| Bark as emetic. Used to treat human poisoning. | |
| Myrothamnus flabellifolius (Resurrection Plant) vukakulabafile, vukawemadvwala, | |
| Medicinal tea from the leaves for gingivititis. Roots strengthen other medicines. | |
| Myrsine africana (Cape Myrtle) santinyana, | |
| Medicinal. | |
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