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:

lukholo

   Grewia caffra   (Climbing Raisin)

lukhovu

   Drimia altissima   (Tall White Squill)

lukhwembeti

   Tulbaghia spp.

luklolo

   Corchorus spp.

lulwimilwenkhomo

lulwimilwenkhomo idvunye

lunyawo lwendlovu

   Dioscorea cotinifolia   (Wild Yam)

lunyawolwendlovu

   Dioscorea quartiniana   (Yam)

   Dioscorea rupicola   (Yam)

   Dioscorea sylvatica   (Elephant's Foot)

          var. brevipes

          var. sylvatica

   Dioscorea sylvatica var. sylvatica  

luphehlacwatsi

   Rotheca myricoides   (Cat's Whiskers)

luphehlwane

   Pavetta spp.

   Erythroxylum delagoense   (Small Leaved Coca Tree)

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