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Aloe mawii
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Mt Namuli, Zambezia
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Mt Namuli, Zambezia
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Mt Namuli, Zambezia
Photo: Alan Gardiner
Mt Namuli, Zambezia
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small tree-like Aloe, 1-3 m tall. Stem usually simple up to c. 1 m, sometimes sparsely branched above, occasionally decumbent and suckering from the base. Leaves in a dense erect to spreading terminal rosette, 40-60 cm long, up to c. 9 cm wide at the base, greyish-green; young leaves often with scattered spots on both surfaces; margin pinkish with orange-brown triangular teeth. Inflorescence usually single, occasionally 2, usually simple, rarely 1-branched. Flowers in a almost horizontal, secund dense raceme, orange to bright red. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | mawii: after Captain A.H. Maw, on whose property in Malawi the type was collected. |
| Habitat: | On grassy granite mountain slopes. |
| Altitude range: | Above 1000 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southeastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 57. (Includes a picture). Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 87 - 88. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 76. Lane, S.S. (2004). A Field Guide to the Aloes of Malawi Umdaus Press, Hatfield South Africa. Pages 40 - 44. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 28. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 36. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 91. |
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