**3.10** *Celtis Africana Burm.f*

*Agapanthus-africanus Celtis Africana* is a deciduous shrub or a tree with a spreading crown belong to the family *Ulmacea*. It can grow up to 30 metres tall, rarely to 40 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 15 metres, though it is often low branching. It is up to 90 cm in diameter, often slightly fluted but usually without buttresses (**Figure 12**) [59].

The common ethnic groups once included Sesotho (modutu, mohatakhomo, modutu, mothibadifate, Northern Sotho (mothibadifate), English (White Stinkwood), Afrikaans (Witstinkhout), Xhosa (umthuma, itunga, mumvumvu), Zulu (Usinga, lwesalukazi), Venda (mpopano), Tswana (modutu) [5].

Traditionally healers collect roots of this plants and sun-dry them, upon confirmation of dryness the aqueous or milk infusion is prepared for the patient can drink until cancer is cure [5]. Studies done on toxicity in the laboratory (*in-vitro*) showed low toxicity to be in general of this plant and no animals (*in-vivo*) reports found in general of this plant.
