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:

mhlume

   Brachylaena discolor   (Coast Silver Oak)

mhuluka

   Croton menyharthii   (Rough-leaved Croton)

   Croton steenkampianus   (Marsh Feverberry)

migamandi

   Acacia ataxacantha   (Flame Thorn)

mila

   Callilepis laureola   (Ox-eye Daisy)

milimili

   Secamone parvifolia  

mkhahlu

   Tabernaemontana elegans   (Toad Tree)

mkhaya

   Acacia nigrescens   (Knobthorn)

mkhiwa

   Ficus sur   (Cape Fig)

   Psidium guajava *   (Common Guava)

mkhonwana

   Cryptocarya transvaalensis   (Mountain Wild Quince)

mkhudlu

   Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica   (Natal Mahogany)

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