Aloe esculenta L.C. Leach

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Aloe esculenta

Lusaka, cultivatedfrom material collected Ngonye Falls;
Aug 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe esculenta

Lusaka, cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
Jul 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe esculenta

Lusaka, cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
Jul 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe esculenta

Lusaka, cultivated from material collected Ngonye Falls;
Aug 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe esculenta

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
National distribution: N
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Literature:

Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 83 - 84.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aloe esculenta
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Aloe esculenta.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=211650, retrieved 31 March 2025

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