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Aloiampelos tenuior

Plant
Common names: fence aloe, slender aloe (Eng.); heiningaalwyn (Afr.); ikhalana, ikalene, intelezi, impapane, umjinqa, umkrakrane (isiXhosa); inhlaba, inhlaba empofu (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Alice Notten fence aloe, slender aloe (Eng.); heiningaalwyn (Afr.); ikhalana, ikalene, ... and pests, the commonest of which are white scale and the aloe snout beetle. These can be treated with the appropriate ...

22/02/2016 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe falcata

Plant
Common names: Vanrhynsdorp aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

Ian Oliver Vanrhynsdorp aloe Karoo Desert NBG Aloe falcata is a low-growing aloe that forms a dense, compact clump, with the rosette of ...

10/07/2006 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG

Kumara plicatilis

Plant
Common names: fan aloe, Franschhoek aloe (Eng.); waaieraalwyn, Franschoekaalwyn, bergaalwyn, tongaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Berenice Werner Carolus Voigt fan aloe, Franschhoek aloe (Eng.); waaieraalwyn, Franschoekaalwyn, bergaalwyn, ... clusters resemble an open fan, hence the common name fan aloe. This unusual arrangement and shape of the leaves is ...

01/01/2003 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG

Aloe greenii

Plant
Common names: ground spotted aloe (Eng.); iCeza lesikhotha (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Phakamani Xaba ground spotted aloe (Eng.); iCeza lesikhotha (isiZulu) Kirstenbosch NBG Aloe greenii is a low-growing succulent with a flower spike ... other aloes and is a survival strategy. The generic name Aloe is derived from the Greek aloe for the bitter sap ...

17/09/2012 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloidendron pillansii

Plant
Common names: giant quiver tree, bastard quiver tree (Eng.); reuse kokerboom, baster-kokerboom (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... this charismatic, noble and stately species. Asphodelaceae Aloe pillansii features quite prominently in private and ... hot and dry rock garden is best if one wants to grow this aloe in open ground but then only in a drier climate. Plants such as Aloe dichotoma , A. ramosissima , Cotyledon orbiculata , ...

24/02/2014 | Werner Voigt |

Kumara haemanthifolia

Plant
Common names: haemanthus-leaf aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

Werner Voigt haemanthus-leaf aloe Karoo Desert NBG Kumara haemanthifolia is a robust plant ... situation, constitute an ideal habitat that enables this aloe to thrive under relatively protected conditions. To a ... plant and very rarely flowers in cultivation. Like Aloe polyphylla from the misty Lesotho highlands, Kumara ...

14/11/2011 | Werner Voigt | Karoo Desert NBG

Aloe huntleyana

Plant
Common names: Huntley aloe (Eng.); Huntley-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Ernst van Jaarsveld Huntley aloe (Eng.); Huntley-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Plants ... the apex in open flowers. Capsules are rounded elongate. Aloe huntleyana flowers during autumn (April to June). Plants ... has a vegetative means of dispersal as well. Asphodelaceae Aloe huntleyana is an attractive small plant, best grown in ...

06/05/2014 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloidendron tongaense

Plant
Common names: Tonga tree aloe (Eng.); Tonga boomaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Ernst van Jaarsveld Tonga tree aloe (Eng.); Tonga boomaalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG ... which are not curved. A. barberae is our largest tree aloe (up to 19 m tall) from montane and riverine valleys in ... in northern, coastal Zululand. This species was named Aloe tongaensis by the author in 2010, in the South African ...

05/01/2015 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe polyphylla

Plant
Common names: spiral aloe (English); kroonaalwyn (Afrikaans); lekhala kharatsa (seSotho)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Alice Aubrey spiral aloe (English); kroonaalwyn (Afrikaans); lekhala kharatsa ... Walter Sisulu NBG The most striking feature of this aloe is the perfect spiral in which the leaves are arranged. ... It is a criminal offence to remove plants or seed of  Aloe polyphylla  from the natural habitat or to buy plants ...

04/03/2002 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Aloidendron barberae

Plant
Common names: tree aloe (Eng.); boomaalwyn, mikaalwyn (Afr.); ikhala (Xhosa); umgxwala, indlabendlazi, impondonndo, inkalane-enkulu (Zulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Giles Mbambezeli tree aloe (Eng.); boomaalwyn, mikaalwyn (Afr.); ikhala (Xhosa); ... NBG Aloidendron barberae  is Africa's largest aloe reaching up to 15 m in height and 0.9 m in stem ... to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, where it was named Aloe barberae by Dyer, in 1874, in her honour. This species ...

30/06/2003 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

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