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| Synonyms: |
Aloe bainesii Dyer Aloe bainesii Dyer var. barberae (Dyer) Baker Aloe barberae Dyer |
| Common names: | Barber's tree aloe (English) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tree up to 15 m tall. Trunk erect up to 3 m in diameter, branching dichotomously many times. Leaves in compact rosettes at the apices of the branches, spreading and recurved, 60-90 cm long, uniformly dull green, deeply channeled; margin with whitish, often brown-tipped teeth. Inflorescences 1 from each rosette, usually 2-4 branched, up to 60 cm tall. Raceme erect, 10-30 cm long, densely many-flowered, cylindric; bracts 8-12 mm long, linear. Flowers 30-37 mm long, 3-sided-cylindric, pale yellow, orange-yellow or salmon-pink. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | barberae: named after Mary Elizabeth Barber, plant collector in the former Transkei, South Africa. |
| Habitat: | On rocky slopes in wooded valleys and dune forest. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 600 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS,GI,M |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 9 October 2011 |
| Literature: |
Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Page 98. As Aloe barberae Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 106 - 107. as Aloe barberae Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 120. as Aloe barberae Grace, O.M., Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F., Crouch, N.R., Figueiredo, E., Rønsted, N., Van Wyk, A.E. (2013). A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae) Phytotaxa 76(1) Page 9. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23. As Aloe barberae |
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