
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 […]

Albizia suluensis General Info – summary The unarmed Tree with a straight trunk and grey bark may reach 15m high. Thick blunt-tipped branchlets are hairy when young. Bipinnate Leaves have wavy, spaced apart, asymmetric leaflets and non-spinescent stipules. Regular, bisexual Flowers in half-spherical head have fluffy exserted, whitish stamens producing colour. The superior ovary has […]

General Info: summary This unarmed Tree, with drooping young branches, is up to 20m high. Bipinnate, sparse Leaves have closely ranked leaflets. White to yellow bisexual, regular Flowers are in half-spherical heads with exerted stamens surrounding the sessile superior ovary with its belatedly extending stigma. Fruit is a large flat, straight, oblong and wide pod with […]