About
The fence aloe, now Aloiampelos tenuior (formerly Aloe tenuior), is a bushy, many-branched succulent from grassland and thicket in eastern South Africa and one of the most free-flowering aloe relatives.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- Bushy clumps up to 3 m tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Forms clumps up to 3 m tall from a large woody rootstock, with grey-green leaves tufted at the branch tips and edged in tiny white teeth. Slender racemes carry small, usually bright yellow flowers (red in some forms), mainly in winter but through much of the year.
Distribution & habitat
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, favouring sandy soils in open country rather than thicket.
History & etymology
Tenuior means "very slender", for the stems. The leaves are a traditional tapeworm remedy.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- South Africa
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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