WorldFloraDB - Aloe secundiflora

Characteristics

An evergreen succulent. It has about 20 spear shaped leaves in a ring. The leaves can be 30-75 cm long by 8-30 cm wide at the base.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

-

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.33 - 0.48

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It can grow in arid places. It grows between 1,350-1,550 m above sea level.

More

Grassland and open woodland on sandy soil at elevations from 600-2,000 metres.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The bark at the base of the leaves is boiled, crushed then used to make honey beer. The nectar from the flowers is sucked by children. The base of the flowering shoots are chewed. Caution: It should not be used in large amounts or for extended time.

Uses	environmental use food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison vertebrate poison
Edible	barks leaves nectars roots
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	-