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:

mavambuka

   Hydnora spp.

   Berkheya setifera   (Buffalo-tongue Berkheya)

mavelo

   Vangueria infausta subsp. infausta   (Wild Medlar)

mawungula

   Rhynchosia spp.

mayime

   Clivia gardenii   (Major Garden's Clivia)

   Clivia miniata   (Orange Lily)

          var. citrina

          var. miniata

   Mentha aquatica   (Water Mint)

   Osyridicarpus schimperianus  

mayiphuku

   Encephalartos heenanii   (Wooly Cycad)

   Encephalartos laevifolius   (Bread Palm Cycad)

   Encephalartos paucidentatus   (Barberton Cycad)

   Encephalartos villosus   (Ground Cycad)

   Encephalartos aplanatus   (Cycad)

mayisaka

   Thesium multiramulosum  

mazabuka

   Sclerochiton harveyanus   (Blue-lips)

mbelangoma

   Celtis africana   (White Stinkwood)

mbhongozi

   Maesa lanceolata   (False Assegaai)

mbidvongo

   Vitex harveyana   (Scrambling Fingerleaf)

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