Umuthi

**UMuthi** yisitshalo esiphila inkathi ende, esidengokuphakama esinamagatsha namacembe, esakhiwe ngokhuni noma esinamagxolo. Ezinye izincasiselo zibala  ilala, uhlinzamfuku, idangabane, nezinhlobo zoqalo.

Imithi aziveli kukhokho oyedwa, Kodwa zinendabuko engafani nemiqhinqa ehlukahlukene eyavela ugodo amagatsha ukuze  idlondlobale ngaphezu kwezinye izitshalo ukuze ithole ukukhanya kwelanga. Iningi lemiqhinqa yemithi ingamathelambali *(angiosperm)* noma amagodonzica (hardwood); bese ezinye zona zingamabekambewu *(gymnosperm)* noma amagodontobo. Imithi ivame ukuba nempilo ende, eminye efinyelela emawakeni eminyaka ubudala. Imithi yokuqala yavela eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-400 edlule, futhi kuqagelwa ukuba kunemithi eyizigidiyaca emikhulu emhlabeni wonke.

Imithi I amagatsha amaningi athwelwe isibhukuza sogodo esinezikhwepha zezicubu zokhuni, nemithambo engaphakathi ekwazi ukuthwala izithako ezisuka kwenye ingxenye yawo ziye kwenye. Isibhukuza somuthi simbozwe ungqimba lamagxolo oluyisivikelo. Ngaphansi komuthi enhlabathini, kukhona izimpande ezisakazeka kabanzi; eziyisisekelo somuthi futhi ezimonyula umswakama nemisoco enhlabathini. Ngaphezulu kwenhlabathi, kunamagatsha, nemixhantela yawo emincane engamahlume. Amahlume (shoots) came ukuhluma amacembe, okuyiwona abamba isidlakalasi sokukhanya asiphendule izincithi ngenqubo yomdibakhanya, ukuze kube nokudla okuzokhulisa umuthi.

Imithi ithela eminye imithi ngembewu. Izitshalo eziqhakazayo zinembewu phakathi kwezithelo zazo, kuyilapho conifers zithwala imbewu yazo ngezitshopo, bese izikhomane zona zithela ngezinhlamvuyana. 

Imithi onamagalelo abalulekile ekunciphiseni ukuguguleka kwenhlabathi, nasekulawuleni isimo sezulu. Iyakwazi ukususa umCalahle ontuhlambili kumoyambulunga futhi iqoqonga amacala womCalahle ezicubwini zayo. Imithi namahlathi ziyikhaya lezilwane eziningi nezitshalo. Zibuye zihlinzeke ngethunzi, imijanjatho, nesivamelo zokufudumeza, nokudla.

### Amagama wemithi ngesintu
uMfula/umhlume - Adina Galpini

uFukuzela - Ocimum obovatum

uMfusamvu - Pittosporum viridiflorum

Isigaganja - Lannea discolor

uLugagu - Acacia tree, natalita

uMgalanga - similar to umdon

uGambushe - Gumtree

uMganu - Sclerocarya caffra

uMunga - Mimosa tree

uMgcalanci - Nknadla tree

Isigceba - strelitzia augusta

Isigcengce - Heevia Paniculosa

Igcibo - Dombeya cymosa

Umgeba - Chilianthus arboreus

Igejalibomvu - from Nkandla

uMgezisa - Cussonia umbrellifera, natalensis

uMgibampethu - Calpurnia lasiogyne n sylvatica

uGobandlovu - Garcinia Livingstonii

uMgologolo - Rhamnus Zeyheri

uMgonswane - Ficus sonderi

Ingonswane - ficus ingens

uMgqangqa - Pleurostylia capensis

uMgqogqo - Berg Prium, pappea capensis

INgqumuza - Scolopia Mundtii

uMgqwabagqwaba - Erythrina latissima 

uMkhakhasi - Homalium subsuperum

uMkhakhasibi - Pygeum africanum

uMkhakhasini - Combretum Kraussii

uMgqwashu - Sideroxylon inerme umhlahle

uMgudlangulube - Rawsonia lucida 

uMgugudo/ingwavuma - Pseudocassine transvaalensis

uMgulugulu - Strychnos Gerrardi

uMgunguluza - Drypetes natalensis

uMhlwakele - Drypetes gerrard

uMgwagwa - Strychnos dysophylta

INgwebu enkulu - Albizzia

uMgwenya - Harpephyllum caffrum

uMgwenya wezinja - Eckrbergia capensic

uMgwinya - Chrysophyllum viridifolium

uMgxamu - Schotia latifolia n

iHluze - Schotia brachypetala

Isigxanyana - schotia transvaalensis

uMgxwala - Aloe Bainesii

uMhamalala - Strychnos atherstonii

uMhayihayiumkhayikhayi - Mimusops caffra/milkwood

uMwohlo/uMhhohlo - Eelephant wood bolusanthus speciosus

uMuhla/uMhlala - Strychnos spinosa

uMhlabahlungulu - Phyllanthus tree

uMhlabampunzi - 

uMhlalampunzi - Sapium reticulatum

uMhlabankunzi - Doryalis caffra

uMhlahlankosi - Zizyphus mucronata/ umhlalabantu

uMhlahle - Sideroxylon inerme

uMhlahlemangcwibi/umhlalahlungulu/umhlalamagwababa - Bridelia micrantha.

uMhlakothi - Rhus villosa

iNhlokoshiyane - Rhus fraseri

uMhlabamvubu - Rhus Legatii

uMhlalajuba - Croton sylvaticus

Isihlalakahle - Haworthia limifolia

uMhlalanyathi/umlalanyathi - Grewia occidentalis

ihlambahlale - Scolopia Eckloni

ihlambageze - Scolopia zyheri

uMhlamabamanzi/umjela - Rauwolfia natalensis

uMhlambandlazi - Lachnopylis floribunda

uMhlandlothi/umhlanhlothi - Albizzia fastigiata

uMhlangothi - Protorhus longifolius

uMkhomizo - Protorhus long!folia

uMhluthi/inhluthi - Protorhus Iongifolia

uMhlangwenya - Cryptocarya fatifolia

uMhlofunga - Acacia Xanthophloae type

uMhlosinga/umkhambathi - Acacia type

Isihlohlela - Allophylus melanocarpus.

Isihlola - Chrysophyllum serratum

uMhlonhlo - Euphorbia ingens

uMphapha - Euphorbia cooperi

iNhlonhlwane - Euphorbia grandidens

uMhlonhlwane - Euphorbia triangularis

Isihlophe - Allophylus africana

uMhlukazi - Syzygium spec

uMhlulambazo - Notobuxus natalensis

iHlunguthi - Commiphora harveyi

iNhlunu yomntwana - Vangueria latifolia

iNhlunu yembuzi - Pavetta caffra

uMsunu wembuzi - Pavetta lanceolata

uMondi - Catha edulis, bushman;s tea

uMhlwehlwe - Xymalos monospora

uMhobohobo - Anthocleista zambesiaca

Iso lemamba - Cassinopsis tinifolia

iNjeli - Artocarpus integrifolia

uMjiwana - Grewia occidentalis.

uMjuluka - Casearea Junodi

uMkhahlu - Conopharyngia ventricosa

uMkhahlulu - Conopharungia elegans

uKhamginqi - Doryalis rhamnoides

uMkhwangu - Erythrophlocum guineense

uMkhathane - Cassipourea Gerrardi

uMkhiphampethu - Calpurnia sqbdecandra

uMkhiwane - wild figtree, Ficus capensis

uMkhoba - Podocarpus latifolius

iNkokhokho - Ficus sonderi

uMkhokhokho - Pygeum africanum

uMkhomakhoma - Cyathea dregci

Inkongoluthi - Cassinc sphaerophyll um

uMkhosikazi - Vitex Rehmannii