Aloe esculenta
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Aloe esculenta is a species of the genus Aloes in the subfamily of the Affodil family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet esculenta comes from Latin , means 'edible' and refers to supposedly edible fruits of the species.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe esculenta grows stemless or short stem-forming, divides, sprouts from the base and forms dense clumps. The often prostrate shoots are up to 40 centimeters long. The approximately 20 triangular-lanceolate, pointed leaves form rosettes . The gray or gray-green to pink-brown leaf blade is 40 to 60 inches long and 7 to 10.5 inches wide. There are numerous white spots on it, which are arranged in irregular, more or less transverse bands. On the underside, which is often heavily keeled, there are black-brown spines with a white base along the center line on half to two thirds of the length. The shiny brown teeth on the leaf margin are 3 to 5 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence consists of three to five branches and reaches a length of 1.5 meters (rarely up to 2.2 meters). The lower branches are occasionally also branched. The fairly dense, cylindrical, pointed grapes are 30 to 40 centimeters long and about 6 centimeters wide. The ovate-pointed bracts are 20 to 27 millimeters long and 10 to 11 millimeters wide. The almost club-shaped, deep pink flowers are on 5 to 6 millimeter long peduncles . Their tips are bordered in light yellow. The flowers are 28 to 30 millimeters long and rounded at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of about 6 millimeters. Above the middle, they are expanded to about 8 millimeters. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 15 to 18 millimeters. The stamens and the pen stand out 6 to 8 millimeters from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe esculenta is common in Angola , Botswana , Namibia and Zambia on sandy plains at altitudes of around 1000 meters.
The first description by Leslie Charles Leach was published in 1971.
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literature
- Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker : Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 450 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe esculenta . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 136 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 78.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 37, number 4, Kirstenbosch 1971, pp. 249-259.