Aloe africana
Aloe africana
Aloe africana is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet africana refers to the presence of the species in Africa.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe africana grows individually in the rule and forms an erect stem up to 4 meters in length from. Your about 30 spread to recurved leaves form a tight rosette. Dead leaves are persistent. The dull green to Glauce leaf blade is 65 inches long and 12 inches wide. The upper leaf surface is occupied glabrous or with a few reddish Dörnchen near the blade tip. The underside is also busy in the middle near the top with reddish Dörnchen. The sharp teeth on the leaf margin are 4-5 millimeters long and are 15 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of two to four branches and reaches a height of 60 to 80 centimeters. The dense, cylindrical - tapered grapes are 40 to 60 inches long and 10 to 12 inches wide. The ovate - lanceolate bracts have a length of 11 mm and 7-8 mm wide. The yellow to yellow-orange bloom on 5 to 6 mm long pedicles. The flowers are 55 mm long and rounded at their base. They have at the height of the ovary of a diameter of 5 to 6 mm. In the flowers of the mouth are extended out to 8 millimeters. Your tepals are not fused together over a length of 19 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 15 to 20 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe africana in South Africa's Eastern Cape particularly common in bushy and shrubby places.
The first description by Philip Miller was published in 1768.
Synonyms are Pachidendron africanum (Mill.) Haw. (1821 ), β perfoliata var Aloe L. (1753 ), Aloe perfoliata var africana Aiton (1789 ), Aloe pseudoafricana Salm- Dyck (1817 ), Aloe africana var angustior Haw. (1819 ), Aloe africana var latifolia Haw. (1819 ), Aloe angustifolia Haw. (1819 ), Pachidendron angustifolium ( Haw. ) Haw. (1821 ), Pachidendron africanum var angustum Haw. (1821 ), Pachidendron africanum latum var Haw. (1821 ) and Aloe bolusii Baker ( 1880).