
Aloidendron barberae General Info – summary This, the tallest Tree of the genus, is up to 22m high with thin bark. Leaves do fall. They are recurved, amplexicaul, rosulate, and lack stipules. Only the margins are dentate. Reddish Flowers are in racemes. They are regular, 3-merous, bisexual, and produce nectar. Buds have green tips. Stamens […]

Aloe speciosa General Info – summary This Tree is up to 6m high with some tilted leaf rosettes. Succulent amplexicaul long, thin Leaves have small pale red marginal sides. Red Flower buds are in thick racemes. Regular cylindrical bisexual 3-merous flowers are in up to 4 broad cylindrical racemes in each rosette. The now white tepals […]

Aloe marlothii subsp. marlothii General Info – Summary This Stem may reach 6m high. Succulent long, narrowing and amplexicaul Leaves have spines over margins and blades. Old brown, shrunken and down pointing leaves remain attached to the stem. The regular bisexual 3-merous Flowers with tepals are in “horizontal” racemes within a panicle. 6 Stamens surround […]

Aloe ferox General Info – summary This adaptable Tree trunk is up to 5m high. Succulent Leaves have an amplexicaul base and spines occur on margins and possibly the blade. Shrunken old leaves remain. Regular Flowers are in up to 12 erect racemes. 6 tepals occur outside the 6 exserted stamens. The pistil has a […]

Aloe arborescens General Info – summary This Tree is up to 3m high but is usually a much branched & widely distributed shrub. Succulent Leaves + amplexicaul bases, are narrow, thick, curved & collectively rosulate. Only margins have spines. Shrunken old leaves remain. Bisexual, regular, tubular Flowers have 2 rows of 3 tepals. Flowers occur […]

Albizia versicolor General Info This impressive spineless Tree has a rough barked cylindrical trunk & is up 20m high. Bipinnate Leaves have large, asymmetric, hairy, leaflets & lack stipels. Small, bisexual, regular Flowers in a half-spherical inflorescence. Stamens with creamy white long filaments provide colour. Style extends past the anthers. The many coloured, flat, wide young […]