▪️ The Xhosa people of South Africa call this sacred plant "undlela ziimhlophe" which translates as "white ways" or "white paths." 
▪️The Xhosa use the roots of this plant to induce prophetic dreams and to communicate with ancestral spirits in dreams.
▪️Many of the traditional ubulawu plants in South Africa are oneirogenic (dream inducing). 
These effects have been confirmed by a number of western researchers studying South African traditional healing.
▪️The root is traditionally used to induce vivid (and according to the Xhosa, prophetic) lucid dreams during the initiation process of shamans.
▪️A small amount of the root is pulverised with water to produce a white froth. This froth is then sucked off and swallowed.
▪️The user's dreams for the following several nights are said to be more vivid and memorable than usual.
▪️It is regarded across the world as one of the most powerful of the dream enhancing ethno botanical plants.