Entry From
FZ, Vol 12, Part 3, page 48, (2001) Author: S. Kativu
Names
Aloe globuligemma Pole Evans [family ALOACEAE], in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: 30, pl. 10 & 11 (1915). —Reynolds, Aloes S. Africa: 443 (1950); Aloes Trop. Africa & Madagascar: 223, fig. 224 (1966). —West, Aloes Rhodesia: 74, pl. 20a & b (1974); Aloes Zimbabwe, rev. Kimberley: 80 (1992). —Court, Succ. Fl. South. Africa: 125 (1981). —Hargreaves, Succulents Botswana: 18 (1990). —B-E. van Wyk & G.F. Smith, Guide Aloes S. Africa: 138 (1996). —Glen & Hardy in Fl. South. Africa 5, 1 (1): 103 (2000). Type from South Africa (Northern Prov.).
Distribution
Botswana N 19 km south of border on Plumtree-Francistown Road, fl. 16.viii.1961, Leach 11227 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Bulilima Mangwe Distr., near Plumtree, fl. 4.viii.1930, van Son in Herb. Transv. Mus. 28666 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Distr., north side of Nyanyadzi R., 97.5 km south of Mutare (Umtali), fl. 24.vii.1956, Reynolds 8240 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Buhera Distr., west bank of Save (Sabi) R. near Birchenough Bridge, fl. 21.vii.1956, Leach 331 (K; SRGH).
Notes
The sap of this species is poisonous and has been known to cause death (West, Aloes Rhodesia: 75 (1974); Aloes Zimbabwe, rev. Kimberley: 83 (1992)).Hybrids with A. aculeata are common in the Nata Valley north of Plumtree in Zimbabwe, with simple or few-branched inflorescences, and more or less erect, non secund racemes but with flowers typical of A. globuligemma.