Fauna - Vertebrates

Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses

Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005

SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:

Agelanthus   inovu,
   kraussianus   
      Other: Trapping birds. Bird lime.
   natalitius   
      Other: Trapping birds. Bird lime.
          subsp. natalitius
          subsp. zeyheri
   transvaalensis   
Arundo
   donax *   
      Soil Conservation: Used for erosion control but difficult to control. A problem plant is S.A.
      Household: Used for mats & used worldwide for musical woodwind instruments.
      Medicinal: Roots & rhizomes for stomach ache and a diuretic. Chinese medicine.
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