Aloe camperi Schweinf.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Aloe

Characteristics

Succulent shrub to 1 m, branched at base, divergent or decumbent, with persistent dried leaves. Leaves dark green, occasionally with dull white, lenticular spots especially toward base, spots usually more numerous beneath, triangular, 50-70 cm long; margins reddish with pungent, brownish red teeth. Racemes cylindric to ± conical, dense, with arcuate-ascending branches, 70-100 cm high. Flowers orange to yellow, 22-28 mm long; stamens and stigma exserted.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.73 - 0.85
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rocky slopes and sandy alluvial plains at elevations from 550-2,700 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aloe camperi unspecified picture

Distribution

Aloe camperi world distribution map, present in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Africa

Conservation status

Aloe camperi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:529298-1
WFO ID wfo-0000757979
COL ID C3GH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aloe albopicta Aloe eru Aloe camperi Aloe eru var. cornuta