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:

sisefo

   Faurea spp.

sishakato sembila

   Zea mays *   (Maize)

sisilasemphala

   Adenium spp.

   Pachypodium saundersii   (Impala Lily)

sitfokofoso

   Sansevieria hyacinthoides   (Mother-in-law's-tongue)

sitfokotfoko

   Sansevieria hyacinthoides   (Mother-in-law's-tongue)

sitfotfokotfo

   Sansevieria hyacinthoides   (Mother-in-law's-tongue)

sitfubi

   Suregada africana   (Common Canary-berry)

sitfwetfwe

   Acacia ataxacantha   (Flame Thorn)

   Acacia borleae   (Sticky Thorn)

   Acacia grandicornuta   (Horned Thorn)

   Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana   (Scented Thorn)

   Acacia sieberiana   (Paperbark Thorn)

   Acacia swazica   (Swazi Thorn)

   Acacia tortilis subsp. heteracantha   (Umbrella Thorn)

sititane

   Monanthotaxis caffra   (Dwaba-berry)

sitsambo

   Nuxia floribunda   (Wild Elder)

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