Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
Usage Category: Timber
| Acacia ataxacantha (Flame Thorn) funuzumhole, lugagane, magucu, migamandi, sitfwetfwe, umkhaya, | |
| Fencing | |
| Acacia borleae (Sticky Thorn) lubibi, sitfwetfwe, | |
| Fencing | |
| Acacia brevispica (Prickly Thorn) lugagane, | |
| Timber & fencing | |
| Acacia caffra (Cat Thorn) isinga, lisinga, lugagane, singa, umtfolo, umtfololwane, | |
| Fencing | |
| Acacia davyi (Corky Thorn) mshipha, umcamba, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia dealbata * (Silver Wattle) umtfolo wesilungu, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia gerrardii (Red Thorn) liphute, liphuze, mbote, mngamandi, singa, | |
| Building | |
| Acacia grandicornuta (Horned Thorn) sitfwetfwe, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia karroo (Sweet Thorn) isinga, lisinga, singa, umgamatsi, umunga, | |
| Construction | |
| Acacia luederitzii var. retinens (Belly Thorn) lukhakho, sibanbimphala, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia mearnsii * (Black Wattle) umtfolo, umtfolo wesilungu, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia melanoxylon * (Australian Blackwood) ingucukane, ingulukane, ngulukane, umtfolo, | |
| Excellent timber & introduced to South Africa for that purpose. | |
| Acacia nigrescens (Knobthorn) mkhaya, ukhaya, umhlofunga, umkhaya, umkyayo, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana (Scented Thorn) inshagu, inshakwe, lugagane, sitfetfe, sitfwetfwe, umncawe, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia robusta (Brack Thorn) imgamba, singa, umgamazi, umngamazi, umngamti, | |
| Fencing. | |
| Acacia senegal (Three Hook Thorn) ambambimphala, sibanbimphala, umbambimphala, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia sieberiana (Paperbark Thorn) inkhambane, sitfwetfwe, umkhambane, umnganduzi, | |
| Fencing | |
| Acacia swazica (Swazi Thorn) khalimela, lubibi, sasane, sitfwetfwe, | |
| Timber | |
| Acacia tortilis subsp. heteracantha (Umbrella Thorn) lisasa, sasanelomncane, sitfetfe, sitfwetfwe, umsasane, | |
| Timber & fencing. | |
| Acacia xanthophloea (Fever Tree) umhlafunga, umhlafutfwa, umhlosinga, umkhanyakudze, | |
| Good tmber when seasoned. | |
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