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:

ludzilidzile

   Rapanea melanophloeos   (Cape Beech)

lugabavu

   Trichocladus grandiflorus   (Green Witch-hazel)

lugagane

   Acacia ataxacantha   (Flame Thorn)

   Acacia brevispica   (Prickly Thorn)

          subsp. brevispica

          subsp. dregeana

   Acacia caffra   (Cat Thorn)

   Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana   (Scented Thorn)

   Caesalpinia decapetala *   (Mauritius Thorn)

   Cyphia bolusii  

   Cyphia elata  

          var. elata

          var. glabra

   Adenopodia spicata   (Spiny Splinter Bean)

lugina

   Teclea pilosa   (Winged Cherry-orange)

luhlamvu

   Littonia modesta   (Climbing Bells)

luhlanga

   Lippia javanica   (Lemon Bush)

luhlindzafuku

   Pteridium aquilinum   (Bracken Fern)

luhlunguhlungu

   Vernonia colorata subsp. colorata   (Bitter Leaf)

   Vernonia crataegifolia  

   Vernonia tigna   (Bitter Leaf)

lukhakho

   Acacia luederitzii var. retinens   (Belly Thorn)

lukhasi

   Festuca costata   (Tussock fescue)

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