Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses

Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005

SiSwati Names - u

umunga
Acacia karroo (Sweet Thorn)
Acacia natalitia (Pale-bark Sweet Thorn)
umutsi wekubeleka
Asparagus setaceus (Wild Asparagus)
umutsi wetindlebe
Sansevieria hyacinthoides (Mother-in-law's-tongue)
umuvutfwane
Canthium spp.
umuzi
Kyllinga spp.
Xyris spp.
Ascolepis capensis
Isolepis costata (Sedge)
umvalandlebe
umvalasangani
Gardenia spp.
umvalasangweni
Gardenia spp.
Hyperacanthus amoenus (Spiny Gardenia)
umvangatana
Albizia versicolor (Large Leaved Falsethorn)
umvangati
Pterocarpus angolensis (Wild Teak/Kiaat)
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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