Aloe sinana
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Aloe sinana is a species of aloes in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet sinana refers to the occurrence of the species near Debre Sina in Ethiopia.
description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe sinana grows trunk-forming and branching. The upright or spreading trunks reach a length of up to 100 centimeters and are 8 to 10 centimeters thick. The 12 to 16 lanceolate, narrowed leaves form a rosette . The gray-green leaf blade is 60 to 70 centimeters long and 10 to 13 centimeters wide. As a rule, there are a few scattered light green, lenticular spots on it near the base. The spots are usually more numerous on the underside of the leaf. The piercing, reddish brown teeth on the horny, reddish leaf margin are 3 to 4 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters apart. The leaf juice dries deep brown.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence has four to seven branches and reaches a length of about 100 centimeters. The rather dense, conical to almost heady grapes are 6 to 10 inches long and 8 inches wide. The egg-shaped narrowed bracts have a length of 5 millimeters and are 3 millimeters wide. The slightly club-shaped, orange-red flowers are lighter at their mouth and stand on 18 to 20 millimeter long peduncles . They are 28 millimeters long and have an inverted conical and short narrowing at their base. At the level of the ovary , the flowers have a diameter of 6 millimeters. They are expanded beyond that. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of 14 millimeters. The stamens and the pen 2 to 4 millimeters barely protrude from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe sinana is common in Ethiopia on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1410 to 1950 meters.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1957.
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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. 623 .
- Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe sinana . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 180 .