Curtisia dentata (Assegai)

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Curtisia dentata (Assegai) in Harold Porter Botanical Gardens, Betty's Bay, Western Cape. The photo on the right shows the hairy pits on the underside of the leaf that are produced by mites that then live in these pits [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

An evergreen tree, endemic to forests in southern Africa.