Aloe mawii
| Aloe mawii | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Aloe |
| Species: | A. mawii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Aloe mawii Engl.
| |
Aloe mawii is an aloe widespread in south-east Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique.
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Aloe mawii grows tall, stout stems of up to 2 meters in height, though acaulescent forms can occur.
The stems sometimes branch higher up, in a tree-like form.
The leaves are up to 10 cm wide, spreading or recurved, with widely spaced teeth on their margins. They are blue-green in the shade, but can become reddish in full sun.
The flowers are orange-red, born on very short pedicels (1-2mm), on a simple, hardly branched inflorescence, which spreads out horizontally. [1]
References
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aloe mawii.
- ^ Carter, S. Flora of Tropical East Africa - Aloaceae. CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 9061913640
 | This Asphodelaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |