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:

thunzikhulu

   Cordyla africana   (Wild Mango)

   Schotia brachypetala   (African Walnut)

   Schotia capitata   (Dwarf Boer-bean)

tibhindvolo

   Vitex rehmannii   (Pipe-stem Tree)

tikoloshi

   Kniphofia spp.

tililo

   Stapelia spp.

tililo lomncane

   Huernia spp.

   Orbea spp.

   Stapelia spp.

   Duvalia polita   (Hottentot's Toes)

tililolomncane

   Stapelia gigantea   (Giant Carrion Flower)

   Stapelia leendertziae   (Leendertz's Carrion Flower)

   Stapelia unicornis  

timvutesalukati

   Chenopodium album *   (Lamb's Quarters)

tincozi

   Syzygium cordatum   (Waterberry)

tindlubu

   Vigna unguiculata   (Cow Pea)

          subsp. dekindtiana var. dekindtiana

          subsp. dekindtiana var. huillensis

          subsp. protracta

          subsp. stenophylla

          subsp. unguiculata

tineyi

   Berchemia zeyheri   (Red Ivory)

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