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:

insheke

   Amaranthus thunbergii   (Pigweed)

inshubaba

   Lagenaria siceraria   (Wild Melon)

   Momordica cardiospermoides   (Bitter Gourd)

   Momordica foetida   (Bitter Gourd)

inshumpa

insikane

   Cyperus fastigiatus   (Sedge)

insulansula

   Eriospermum mackenii   (Yellow Fluffy-seed)

          subsp. galpinii

          subsp. mackenii

intala

   Heteropogon contortus   (Spear Grass)

intfocwane

   Dais cotinifolia   (Pompon Tree)

   Peddiea africana   (Green Flower Tree)

   Englerodaphne pilosa   (Silky Fibre Bush)

intfokolovu

   Lannea antiscorbutica   (Pink-haired Lannea)

intfolwane

   Elephantorrhiza elephantina   (Elandsbean)

intfombe

   Ficus spp.

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