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ALOE secundiflora Engl. [family ALOACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE secundiflora Engl. [family ALOACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 140.
Information
Caudex very short. Leaves very thick, lanceolate-deltoid, 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low down; marginal teeth distant, small, deltoid, with a horny-brown tip. Inflorescence much-branched; branches ascending; racemes lax, secund, 1/2 ft. long; bracts minute, deltoid-cuspidate, pedicels spreading, 1/6– 1/4 in. long. Perianth 1 in. long; tube short; segments linear, red with yellow edge. Stamens included. Style exserted.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, at the foot of Nushoru Hill, 2000–2500 ft., Volkens, 530!
Notes
No specimen at Kew.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE secundiflora Engl. [family ALOACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 140.
Information
Caudex very short. Leaves very thick, lanceolate-deltoid, 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low down; marginal teeth distant, small, deltoid, with a horny-brown tip. Inflorescence much-branched; branches ascending; racemes lax, secund, 1/2 ft. long; bracts minute, deltoid-cuspidate, pedicels spreading, 1/6– 1/4 in. long. Perianth 1 in. long; tube short; segments linear, red with yellow edge. Stamens included. Style exserted.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, at the foot of Nushoru Hill, 2000–2500 ft., Volkens, 530!
Notes
No specimen at Kew.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE secundiflora Engl. [family ALOACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 140.
Information
Caudex very short. Leaves very thick, lanceolate-deltoid, 1 ft. long, 3 in. broad low down; marginal teeth distant, small, deltoid, with a horny-brown tip. Inflorescence much-branched; branches ascending; racemes lax, secund, 1/2 ft. long; bracts minute, deltoid-cuspidate, pedicels spreading, 1/6– 1/4 in. long. Perianth 1 in. long; tube short; segments linear, red with yellow edge. Stamens included. Style exserted.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro, at the foot of Nushoru Hill, 2000–2500 ft., Volkens, 530!
Notes
No specimen at Kew.
ALOE secundiflora Engl. [family ALOACEAE]
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