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:

umdvubu

   Combretum erythrophyllum   (River Bushwillow)

   Combretum hereroense   (Russet Bushwillow)

   Combretum kraussii   (Forest Bushwillow)

   Galpinia transvaalica   (Wild Pride-of-India)

umdvumbulu

   Erythrina spp.

umdvute

   Euphorbia tirucalli   (Rubber Euphorbia)

umdzagane

   Apodytes dimidiata subsp. dimidiata   (White Pear)

umdzakane

   Apodytes dimidiata subsp. dimidiata   (White Pear)

umdzandzabuka

   Ipomoea obscura var. obscura   (Morning Glory Plant)

   Pentarrhinum abyssinicum   (African Heartvine)

          subsp. abyssinicum

          subsp. angolense

   Pergularia daemia var. daemia   (Trellis Vine)

   Ipomoea coscinosperma  

   Ipomoea plebeia subsp. africana  

   Ipomoea sinensis subsp. blepharosepala  

umdzandzabuka wemahlatsi

   Riocreuxia picta  

umdzayana

   Asclepias spp.

   Ascolepis capensis  

   Xysmalobium asperum   (Sandpaper Cartwheel)

umdzayi

   Asclepias spp.

   Asclepias albens   (Cartwheels)

   Trachycalymma buchwaldii   (Cartwheels)

   Trachycalymma buchwaldii   (Bitter Wood)

   Xysmalobium undulatum   (Bitter Wood)

umdzebedzebe

   Zantedeschia spp.

   Colocasia antiquorum *   (Taro)

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