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Curtisia dentata (1632 words) |
 | Curtisia dentata trees are at their best in medium-moist forest, where they are found growing with Podocarpus latifolius (yellowwood) and Olea capensis (fl ironwood). |
| Curtisia is capable of living in the dense shade of a natural forest, but young trees grow faster under higher light intensities. |
| It is commonly supposed that Curtisia dentata got this common name because the shafts of assegais were once made of the wood, as Thunberg wrote in 1774, 'The Assagay tree is used for poles of wagons and as shafts for the Hottentot's javelins' (Palmer and Pitman 1972). |
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