Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
665.14.06
665.14.06 Curtisia dentata
English: 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.
Taxonomy
Curtisia was originally classed as a Cornaceae.
Body
General: aphrodisiac.
Stomach: ailments.
Rectum: diarrhoea.