Distribution Map

Aloidendron barberae

           
Eastern Tree Aloe
inhlaba
(Aloe bainesii)
(Aloe barberae)

Asphodelaceae Asphodeloideae  

As at April 2024, 2 herbarium specimens, 5 photo records, 1 visual observation

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Aloe bainesii - Tall tree, occasionally reaching 20 m in height, trunk sometimes 3 m diam at base, repeatedly forking to produce rounded crown of leafy branches. Leaves in dense rosette at tip of each branch, sometimes reaching I m long in young plants, diminishing with age, up to 8 cm wide, deeply channelled. Inflorescence slightly and shortly branched; flower-stalks short and thick; flower relatively broad, up to c 4 cm long x over 1 cm diam, rose-pink, standing out horizontally.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.