Eswatini's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
SiSwati names and uses, arranged by alphabetically by botanical name:
| Acacia karroo (Sweet Thorn) isinga, lisinga, singa, umgamatsi, umunga, | |
| Frequented by honey bees. Sometimes called the "bee tree". | |
| Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens (Black Thorn) | |
| A good "bee tree". | |
| Acacia robusta (Brack Thorn) imgamba, singa, umgamazi, umngamazi, umngamti, | |
| Honey | |
| Blumea dregeanoides | |
| Honey Plant. | |
| Brachylaena discolor (Coast Silver Oak) mhlume, umhlume, umphahla, umphahlo, | |
| Bees that use this tree produce good honey. | |
| Buddleja saligna (False Olive) | |
| Bee fodder | |
| Buddleja salviifolia (Sagewood) | |
| Plant popular with beekeepers for honey production. | |
| Burchellia bubalina (Wild Pomegranate) intfumba-dloti, mahlosana, | |
| Bee forage | |
| Clerodendrum glabrum var. glabrum (White Cat's Whiskers) umphehlacwatsi, umphelacwatsi, | |
| Sweet scented flower for bees. | |
| Crassula ovata (Stonecrop) | |
| Attracts bees | |
| Crotalaria natalitia var. natalitia (Pioneer Rattle Pod) | |
| Honey plant. | |
| Dicliptera divaricata (False Buckwheat) | |
| Honey | |
| Diospyros lycioides (Quilted Bluebush) lomhlophe, umcafudane, umchafutane, umchafutane lomhlophe, | |
| Excellent bee plant. | |
| Drypetes gerrardii (Forest Ironplum) umhlwakela, umhlwakele, | |
| Nectar source for bees. | |
| Ethulia conyzoides subsp. conyzoides * (Blue Weed) umsokosoko, | |
| A honey plant. | |
| Faurea saligna (African Red Beech) | |
| Important nectar source for bees. | |
| Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata (Common Gazania) impephotshani, isiphephane, | |
| Bees visit Gazanias | |
| Isoglossa ciliata | |
| Honey | |
| Justicia protracta subsp. protracta (Veld Justica) | |
| Honey | |
| Karomia speciosa (Parasol Flower) | |
| Flowers attract bees | |
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