''Aloe jawiyon'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in the genus

Aloe ''Aloe'' (; also written ''Aloë'') 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 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the island of

Socotra Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’s ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

Distribution and habitat

It is one of three Aloe species that naturally occur on

, the other two being ''

Aloe perryi ''Aloe perryi'' (syn. ''Aloe forbesii'' Balf.f.; ''Aloe socotrina'') is a species of plant in the genus Aloe. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, and is often known by its common name, Socotrine aloe.''Western Arabia and the Red Sea ...

'' and ''

Aloe squarrosa ''Aloe squarrosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the Asphodelaceae family. It is from the island of Socotra, Yemen. Distribution and habitat ''Aloe squarrosa'' is endemic to the island of Socotra, Yemen. It is one of three Aloe species t ...

''. Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

is dry, rocky slopes and limestone at higher altitude.

Description

The leaves are curved, canaliculate and a creamy, greenish-yellow khaki colour. The inflorescence is short, unbranching, and starts out horizontal. The flowers are orange with green tips.

References

* jawiyon Near threatened plants Endemic flora of Socotra Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Asphodelaceae-stub