Fauna - Vertebrates

Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses

Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005

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

inkhomankhoma

   Cyathea capensis   (Forest Tree Fern)

   Cyathea dregei   (Common Tree Fern)

inkhosiyewithi

inkhukhutwane

inkunzana

   Turraea floribunda   (Honeysuckle Tree)

   Heteropyxis canescens   (Bastard Lavender Tree)

inkunzi

   Heteropyxis natalensis   (Weeping Lavender Tree)

   Nuxia floribunda   (Wild Elder)

   Turraea obtusifolia   (Small Honeysuckle Tree)

inkunzibovu

   Capparis tomentosa   (Woolly Caper Bush)

inovu

   Agelanthus spp.

   Erianthemum spp.

   Pedistylis galpinii   (Birdlime)

   Plicosepalis kalachariensis   (Birdlime)

   Tapinanthus oleifolius   (Bird Lime)

   Tapinanthus rubromarginatus   (Red Mistletoe)

insakansaka

   Secamone gerrardii   (Gerrard's Secamone)

insangu

   Cannabis sativa *   (Marijuana)

inshakwe

   Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana   (Scented Thorn)

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