665.14.06 Curtisia dentataEnglish: Assegai tree; Umlahleni Lancewood; Cape Lancewood.
Botany: tree; leaves dark glossy, serrate; flowers tiny, cream-coloured, velvety, inconspicuous; fruit sprays of pure white berries; Southern Africa.
Use: spears; ornamental.
TaxonomyCurtisia was originally classed as a
Cornaceae.
BodyGeneral: aphrodisiac.
Stomach: ailments.
Rectum: diarrhoea.