Aloe Thraskii - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Sweet PepperAloe is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, and the islands of Africa. Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance shaped with
Strongly scented yellow flowers are a feature of this stumpy bulbous plant
Plants grow to about 80-100cm high and has a continuous harvest
yellowish to orange flowers in Autumn-Winter
A tall growing indigenous bulbous plant
They are primarily Australian with two other species extending to tropical Africa and Malesia
cone-shaped fruits are about 5cm long and 1
5 cm diameter
The genus name is derived from the Dutch word baviaan
Growing to 3m with stemmed rosettes and grey-green recurved foliage and a branched raceme of orange flowers in winter
7m with rosettes of dark green leaves with white spots in wavy bands and scarlet flowers on erect slender branches
The quiver tree or Aloe dichotoma is probably the best known aloe found in South Africa and Namibia
hairy greyish broad leaves
