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Aloidendron ramosissimum

Plant
Common names: maiden's quiver tree (Eng.); nooienskokerboom (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... allal , meaning bitter. The latter is more acceptable as aloes produce a very bitter sap. The species name  ...

19/04/2004 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Aloe claviflora

Plant
Common names: kraal aloe, cannon aloe (Eng.); aanteelaalwyn, kanonaalwyn, kraalaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... grow horizontally along the ground. Unlike other typical aloes in arid areas, Aloe claviflora does not have erect ...

05/10/2009 | | Harold Porter NBG

Aloe khamiesensis

Plant
Common names: Khamiesberg aloe (Eng.); Kamiesberg-aalwyn, tweederly (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... khamiesensis flowers from June to August. As with other aloes, the seeds are typically winged, 8 mm x 4 mm, and are ...

27/09/2010 | | Harold Porter NBG

Aloe lutescens

Information Library item
Author: Todd Colleen, Rambuda Tendani   |   Date: 1999
Source: Veld & Flora 1   |   Copyright: Botanical Society

... of new plants. Todd Colleen Rambuda Tendani aloe lutescens aloes Botanical Society Aloe lutescens ...

aloe lutescens, aloes

Dierama reynoldsii

Plant
Common names: This species does not appear to have a common name of its own, but the genus Dierama is known as hairbells, fairybells, wandflowers; grasklokkies (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... was an optician, and studied and cultivated plants, mostly aloes, in his spare time. In the course of gathering material ...

27/06/2005 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Aloe meyeri

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

... named it for him. Aloe meyeri belongs to a group of 7 aloes belonging to section Mitriformis , subsection ...

04/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Kniphofia linearifolia

Plant
Common names: common marsh poker (Eng.); vuurpyl (Afr.); Icacane, Umathunga (Zulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... of mostly herbs, with some woody plants, such as the tree aloes. The family is characterized by bearing capsules. There ...

09/12/2002 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Aloidendron tongaense

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

... Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, to accommodate all the tree aloes with forked (dichotomous) branching (leaves deciduous ...

05/01/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe vanbalenii

Plant
Common names: van balen's aloe, crawling octopus (Eng.); van-balen-se-aalwyn (Afr.); icenalamatshe, icenandhlovu (isiZulu); lihala (siSwati)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... that, 125 species are found in South Africa. Some of the aloes are also found from Arabia in the north, to Madagascar ...

22/05/2017 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Aloe varimaculata

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

... became lost and ended up at the sandstone ridge where the aloes were encountered (See Fig. 11 & 12, in Van Jaarsveld ...

28/08/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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