Aloe Mawii
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''Aloe mawii'' is an
aloe ''Aloe'' (; also written ''Aloƫ'') is a genus containing over 650 species of flowering succulent plants.WFO (2022): Aloe L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000001341. Accessed on: 06 Nov 2022 The most wid ...
widespread in south-east Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique. ''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. Carter, S. ''Flora of Tropical East Africa - Aloaceae''. CRC Press, 1994.


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mawii Flora of Tanzania Flora of Mozambique Flora of Malawi {{Asphodelaceae-stub