Swaziland's Flora - siSwati Names and Uses
Compiled by Chris Long, © December 2005
Usage Category: Timber
| Dombeya cymosa (Smooth Dombeya) licibo, umwuwane, | |
| Trunk and branches used for construction. | |
| Dombeya rotundifolia (Common Wild Pear) nhliziyo, nhliziyonkhulu, umbikanyaka, umuwane, umwane, umwuwane, | |
| Wood is used for mine props, poles & timber. | |
| Ehretia amoena (Sandpaper Bush) bungela, libhungela, umklele, | |
| Fence posts. | |
| Ekebergia capensis (Cape Ash) inyamanti, inyamati, magwedla, manyatsi, matsatse, sindziyandziya, sndiya ndiya, umnyamatsi, | |
| Construction timber described as light and handsome. | |
| Elaeodendron croceum (Forest Saffron) ingultane, ingulutane, | |
| Wood is hard, tough & useful. | |
| Englerophytum magalismontanum (Transvaal Milkplum) manumbela, | |
| Good building wood | |
| Englerophytum natalense (Natal Milkplum) emanumbela, manumbela, umtjongane, | |
| Wood for fencing posts and hut building. | |
| Entandrophragma caudatum (Mountain Mahogany) | |
| Construction timber. | |
| Erythrophleum lasianthum (Swazi Ordeal Tree) umhlahle, umkhankhu, umkhwangu, | |
| Hard, termite resistant timber for construction. | |
| Eucalyptus ficifolia * (Red Flowering Gum Tree) | |
| Poles & timber | |
| Eucalyptus grandis * (Rose Gum Tree) | |
| Poles & timber | |
| Euclea crispa subsp. crispa (Blue Guarri) inchitsamuti, indodennyama, indvodzemnyama, nyamatanemkhulu, sijele, umndlela, | |
| Timber for construction | |
| Euclea schimperi (Bush Guarri) inchitsamuti, indvodzemnyama, | |
| Hard heavy wood. Previously used for wagon wheels. | |
| Euclea undulata (Common Guarri) santinyana, | |
| Wood useful for fence posts and for joinery | |
| Euphorbia ingens (Common Tree Euphorbia) inshumpha, inshupa, umkloklo, | |
| Can be used as planks after burning off sap and latex. | |
| Faurea macnaughtonii (Macnaughton's Beech) | |
| Heavy wood with beautiful grain. | |
| Faurea saligna (African Red Beech) | |
| Good general purpose timber & for poles. | |
| Garcinia livingstonei (African Mangosteen) isinpula, isinyula, lisimpula, senyula, sinyula, | |
| General purpose timber | |
| Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) emangwe lamhlophe, sivalasangweni, | |
| Construction timber. | |
| Grewia flavescens (Rough-leaved raisin) labhojane, lambonjane, ligusha-lemahlatsi, likloko, liklolo, | |
| Hard useful wood. | |
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