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:

magucu

   Acacia ataxacantha   (Flame Thorn)

   Maesa lanceolata   (False Assegaai)

magwedla

   Ekebergia capensis   (Cape Ash)

   Ekebergia pterophylla   (Rock Ash)

mahabiya

   Peltophorum africanum   (African Wattle)

mahenjani

   Portulaca quadrifida   (Wild Purslane)

mahlabane

   Asparagus setaceus   (Wild Asparagus)

   Dicoma anomala  

          subsp. anomala

          subsp. gerrardii

   Macledium zeyheri subsp. zeyheri   (Toy Sugarbush)

mahlala

   Strychnos spinosa   (Green Monkey Orange)

mahlanganisa

   Ochna spp.

   Coddia rudis   (Small Bone-apple)

   Drimia altissima   (Tall White Squill)

   Drimia delagoensis   (Itch-egg)

   Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa   (White-berry Bush)

mahlebe

   Trimeria grandifolia subsp. grandifolia   (Wild Mulberry)

mahlombe

   Bridelia micrantha   (Velvet Sweetberry)

mahlosana

   Burchellia bubalina   (Wild Pomegranate)

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