![]() ![]() 1987.Ħ) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs: An Essential Guide to Trees and Shrubs of the World" MobileReference, 2008ħ) Urs Eggli "Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons" Springer, 17/lug/2001Ĩ) Braam Van Wyk, Piet Van Wyk "Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa" Struik, 1997ĩ) Hans Bornman, David S. "List of species of southern African plants." Mem. van Wyk: "A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Crouch, Estrela Figueiredo, Nina Ronsted, Abraham E. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001Ĥ) Olwen Megan Grace, Ronell R. Einkeimblättrige Pflanzen (Monocotyledonen)". The definitive guide." Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011ģ) Leonard Eric Newton: Aloe pillansii. They have their first flowers when they are about 20 to 30 years old.īibliography: Major references and further lecturesġ) Court, D., "Succulent Flora of Southern Africa" Cape Town: Struik Nature 2010Ģ) Susan Carter, John J. The flowers are rather short and rounded in shape and not nearly as showy as many other species of aloes.īlooming season (Europe): Flowers are borne in winter (December to January). They are bright canary yellow, held close to the leaves, at the tips of the branches, and are fairly short and carried erect. Roots: It has a spread-root-system the roots are somewhat fleshy.įlowers: The flowers are branch panicles up to 30 cm tall from the base of the peduncle to the apex of the terminal of the raceme. In this species the old dry leaves drop off so that the leafy rosettes only remain at the tips of the branches, leaving the rest of their length clean. These rosettes at the tips of the forked branches usually form a dense, rounded crown. Leaves are arranged in a spiralled terminal rosette in old plants, but in juvenile plants they are ranked in vertical rows. Leaves: About 30cm long and 5cm wide, blue-green, fleshy, bearing a narrow brownish-yellow margins margin of thorns. The bark on the trunk is rather hard and forms beautiful golden brown scales, but beware, the edges of these scales are razor sharp. ![]() Typically, the trunk tapers from a thick base towards the top and begins to branch and re-branch dichothocomously at about half way up the trunk, earning the plant its specific epithet for this dichotomous pattern. Stem: Smooth, covered with a thin layer of whitish powder that helps to reflect away the hot sun's rays. This is one of the most branched and tree-like species of aloe. It is one of the biggest members of the genus Aloe and may reach an age of over 80 years and a height of approximately 7(-9) metres with up to 1 m of diameter at ground level. Description: It is probably the best known aloe that form an extremely tough tree with densely rounded crown as a result of the repeatedly forked branches. ![]()
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