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:

lisheke

   Amaranthus hybridus *   (Pigweed)

          subsp. cruentus *

          subsp. hybridus var. erythrostachys *

          subsp. hybridus var. hybridus *

   Amaranthus spinosus *   (Pigweed)

lisheleshele

   Aloe cooperi   (Cooper's Aloe)

          subsp. cooperi

          subsp. pulchra

lisheshelu

   Aloe ecklonis   (Broad-leaved Grass Aloe)

   Aloe cooperi   (Cooper's Aloe)

          subsp. cooperi

          subsp. pulchra

   Aloe ecklonis   (Ecklon's Aloe)

   Aloe integra   (Aloes)

lishongwe

   Xysmalobium undulatum   (Bitter Wood)

lisibati

   Urtica urens *   (Stinging Nettle)

lisikabakhombe

lisimpula

   Garcinia livingstonei   (African Mangosteen)

lisinga

   Acacia caffra   (Cat Thorn)

   Acacia karroo   (Sweet Thorn)

lisinwati

   Curtisia dentata   (Assegaai Tree)

   Rhoicissus tomentosa   (Common Forest Grape)

lisitsa

   Encephalartos heenanii   (Wooly Cycad)

   Encephalartos laevifolius   (Bread Palm Cycad)

   Encephalartos paucidentatus   (Barberton Cycad)

   Encephalartos villosus   (Ground Cycad)

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