Aloe esculenta
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Lusaka, cultivatedfrom material collected Ngonye Falls;
Aug 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
Jul 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
Jul 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
Aug 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Prickles on leaf underside;
Lusaka cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
May 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Stem to 40 cm long, often decumbent, suckering to form dense clumps; leaves densely spotted and the lower surface with scattered prickles towards the leaf tips. Inflorescence 3‒5-branched; racemes laxly flowered. Outer perianth segments free to half way. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
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| Flowering time: | Jul - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Namibia |
| FZ divisions: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 83 - 84. |
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