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:

umvangatsi

   Pterocarpus angolensis   (Wild Teak/Kiaat)

umvanya

   Heteropyxis natalensis   (Weeping Lavender Tree)

umvigo

   Vangueria infausta subsp. infausta   (Wild Medlar)

umvile

   Vangueria infausta subsp. infausta   (Wild Medlar)

umvimbandlebe

   Pachystigma pygmaeum   (Hairy Gousiektebossie)

   Parinari capensis   (Mobola Plum)

          subsp. capensis

          subsp. incohata

umvitsi

   Maerua angolensis   (Bushveld Bead-bean)

umvongotsi

   Kigelia africana   (Sausage Tree)

umvuma

   Ochna natalitia   (Natal Plane)

   Ochna serrulata   (Carnival Bush)

umvumvu

   Celtis africana   (White Stinkwood)

   Celtis gomphophylla   (Mock White Stinkwood)

umvusankunzi

   Carissa spp.

   Azima tetracantha   (Needle Bush)

   Heteromorpha arborescens   (Parsley Tree)

          var. abyssinica

          var. arborescens

          var. frutescens

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