Muti

'''' is a traditional medicine practice in Southern Africa as far north as Lake Tanganyika.

==Name== thumb|right|Stem of Margaritaria discoidea at [[Ilanda Wilds, South Africa, showing old scar from bark removal for muti use]] In South African English, the word '' is derived from the Zulu/Xhosa/Northern Ndebele , meaning 'tree', whose root is . In Southern Africa, and other cognates of are in widespread use in most indigenous African languages as well as in South African English and Afrikaans, which sometimes use as a slang word for medicine in general.