Aloe Ferox - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Squash

Aloe Ferox - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds SquashAloe is a genus containing about 400 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, and the islands of Africa. Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance shaped with

Makes an attractive BonsaiSpecimen

fleshy semi-globose leaves

It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils

Despite their name

It is not as Thorny and is a very hardy tree

native to southern Africa

beautiful violet-blue flowers in Winter-Spring

but can also be orange or red

branching fairly low down on the trunk

best eaten when 60cm long and less than 6cm across

as it provided foliage and fruit to the animal life of the Kalahari

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