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:

ngwengane

   Cynodon dactylon   (Bermuda Grass)

nhlanhla

   Phyllanthus reticulatus var. reticulatus   (Potato Bush)

nhliziyo

   Dombeya rotundifolia   (Common Wild Pear)

          var. rotundifolia

nhliziyonkhulu

   Dombeya rotundifolia   (Common Wild Pear)

          var. rotundifolia

nklankla

   Phyllanthus reticulatus var. reticulatus   (Potato Bush)

nkunzemnyama

   Euclea natalensis   (Hairy Guarri)

          subsp. acutifolia

          subsp. angustifolia

          subsp. natalensis

nomaliliza

   Huernia hystrix var. hystrix   (Toad Plant)

nshubaba

ntapane

   Dovyalis caffra   (Kei-apple)

nukani

   Pluchea dioscoridis   (Vimba)

   Tagetes minuta *   (Tall Khaki Bush)

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