Compilation
Aloe pongolensis

Perennial herb, suckering to form large groups of plants, acaulescent or with a short thick stem to c. 5 cm long. Leaves in a compact flattened rosette, spreading widely; lamina 20–40 cm long, 3–8 cm wide toward the base, lanceolate, dark brownish-green, with conspicuous oblong whitish spots more or less in transverse bands on the upper surface, usually spotted on the lower surface; margin with pungent deltoid brown-tipped teeth 3–5 mm long, 8–15 mm apart; sap purplish. Inflorescence erect, 0.5–1.5 m high; peduncle slender, 3–8-branched, the lowest branches occasionally rebranched; branches suberect, subtended by scarious bracts to 2 cm long. Racemes 10–20 × 7 cm, cylindric, laxly flowered; bracts c. 8–12 × 2 mm, linear-lanceolate; pedicels 8–14 mm long. Perianth dull-red with pale margins to the segments to ± halfway, 25–30 mm long, c. 7 mm in diameter across the ovary, constricted just above then widening and becoming slightly decurved, cylindric-trigonous; outer segments free for one-third with widely spreading tips. Stamens and stigma slightly exserted. Capsule c. 25 × 11 mm, oblong-ovoid, greyish. Seeds c. 2.5 × 6 mm, black with pale brown wings.