Aloe ferox

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Common name: Tap Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Candelabra Aloe, Cape Aloe, אלווי איום, אלווי איום

Family: Asphodelaceae (Asphodel)

Synonym: Aloe candelabrum

Distribution: South Africa,Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho

Habitat: Grassland, at altitude of 0-1500 m

Life form: Succulent tree

Description: 3-5 m high tree, clothed in dead leaf remains; 50-60 cm long, dull green, prickled leaves; reddish to reddish-brown toothed margins; up to 100 cm tall scarlet, sometimes orange inflorescence with 5-8 branches. Leaf sap is harvested commercially for pharmaceutical preparations.

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1: • Accession: 0000-3618
2: Africa: Cape, fynbos shrubby woodland (SAF1) • Accession: 1910-0647/1
3: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1799/1
4: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1800/1
5: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1852/1
6: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1853/1
7: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1854/1
8: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1855/1
9: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1856/1
10: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1857/1
11: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1859/1
12: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1910-1861/1
13: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/23
14: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/1
15: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/2
16: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/3
17: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/4
18: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/5
19: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/6
20: Africa: E African coastal woodland (SAW2) • Accession: 1990-1277/7

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