Curtisia dentata dt
Observation - Curtisia dentata dt - Southern Africa. Description: From the Red List The species has been exploited over most of its South African range due to timber extraction and bark harvesting for the traditional medicine trade. The decline to the population in the last 120 years is estimated to exceed 20% (genera
From the Red List
"The species has been exploited over most of its South African range due to timber extraction and bark harvesting for the traditional medicine trade. The decline to the population in the last 120 years is estimated to exceed 20% (generation length estimated to be 40 years). Further declines are anticipated in the future due to the species' popularity in the traditional medicine trade. Recent trends show that bark collectors have shifted their harvesting activities to Mpumalanga due to its scarcity in KwaZulu-Natal."
It is Red Listed as Near Threatened. We saw no signs of bark harvesting.