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Aloe challisii

Plant
Common names: Steenkampsberg cliff aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Mr Chris Challis, a Johannesburg businessman and lover of aloes and other succulents. He collected this species first ... the fourth member of section Leptoaloe, a group of small aloes growing in cool mountainous grassland habitat (Reynolds ...

01/10/2007 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gasteria langebergensis

Plant
Common names: Langeberg ox-tongue (Eng.); Langeberg-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... of Rooiberg. Gasteria differs from  the closely related aloes in its defensive strategies. Aloes are generally much larger and conspicuous, their spiny, ...

15/11/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe lineata var. muiri

Plant
Common names: Muir's striped aloe (Eng.); streepaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... , Crassula rupestris and C. ovata and Ruschia caroli . Aloes are one of the more recognizable tall growing ... Reynolds Aloe lineata var. muiri Although many other aloes are used for their medicinal value, there are no ...

04/06/2018 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Aloe reynoldsii

Plant
Common names: yellow spineless aloe, Mbashe aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the name refers to the bitter juice found in the leaves of aloes. A. reynoldsii is named after a well-known aloe expert, ... commonly used in landscaping and as a pot plant. Although aloes such as Aloe ferox , A. vera , A. arborescens are used ...

29/05/2017 | | Pretoria NBG

Aloe longistyla

Plant
Common names: Karoo aloe (Eng.); ramenas, Karoo-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the flower. Other species in this group (grouped as Dwarf Aloes in Guide to SA Aloes according Smith G and Van Wyk B E) include Aloe ...

01/06/2009 | | Harold Porter NBG

Aloe castanea

Plant
Common names: cat's tail aloe (Eng.), katstertaalwyn (Afr.), borolo, suwopa, sekgopha (Northern Sotho)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the name refers to the bitter juice found in the leaves of aloes. The specific epithet castanea is the genus name for ... plant that can be used in landscape design. Although many aloes, such as  Aloe ferox ,  A. vera ,  A. arborescens , ...

02/03/2020 | | Pretoria NBG

Aloe kniphofioides

Plant
Common names: grass aloe, red poker grass aloe (Eng.); grasaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Aloe kniphofioides is easily distinguished from other aloes by its distinctive underground bulb-like structures and ... the long and narrow leaves. The only other South African aloes with bulbous bases are Aloe inconspicua and A. modesta. ...

11/11/2019 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Gasteria visseri

Plant
Common names: Visser’s ox-tongue (Eng.); Visser-beestong (Afr.).
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the base and cluster-forming. They are closely related to aloes, and range in size from the smallest, the Liliput ... rosettes of up to 60 cm in diameter. They differ from aloes by their brittle, usually mottled leaves and pendent ... and lying on the ground forming new plantlets. Unlike aloes, most gasterias grows in dappled shade and the greatest ...

29/06/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloidendron barberae

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

... , meaning 'tree aloe' was formed and includes all the tree aloes, recognising that they are more closely related to each other than to other aloes. Aloidendron barberae (Dyer) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ...

30/06/2003 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe ecklonis

Plant
Common names: Ecklon’s aloe, grass aloe (Eng.), Ecklonse-aalwyn, vlei-aalwyn, grasaalwyn (Afr.), hloho-tsa-makaka, lekxalana, maroba lihale (Sesotho), isiphukuthwane, isiphuthumane (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... dry winter. It is frost hardy. Aloe ecklonis , like other aloes, is generally hardy but can be susceptible to certain ... to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India and Madagascar. Aloes are valued for the medicinal properties of their leaves ...

25/11/2024 | | Pretoria NBG

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