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Accession Data:

Curtisia dentata (Burm.f.) C.A. Smith

  • Common Name: Assagai Wood, Cape Lancewood
  • Family: Curtisiaceae (Harms) Takht.

  • Country of Origin: E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa
  • Habitat: afro-montane forest

  • Description: 6-20m tree, shiny leaves dark green above, veins with rustybrown hairs below, hairy leaf buds, white fruits becoming red.
  • Culture: Sow seed spring
  • USDA Zone: 9

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600185
  • Source: Silverhill
  • Accession Date: 12-09-2016
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: deceased
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 10-16-2019

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Cornales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Curtisiaceae
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  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.
  3. Curtisia dentata at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:28:42 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Curtisiaceae

  • Curtisia dentata
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