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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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• Accession: 0000-3618
2:
Africa: Cape, fynbos shrubby woodland
(SAF1)
• Accession: 1910-0647/1
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Africa: E African coastal woodland
(SAW2)
• Accession: 1910-1799/1
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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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