Candelabra aloe
Aloe arborescens Mill.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 2.1 m
- wide
- 1.7 m
Asphodelaceae
Formerly Catevala arborescens
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. & S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Boething Treeland, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 2.4 mRead from AUB Landscape Plant Database and Boething Treeland, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: AUB Landscape Plant Database 1.5–3 m; Boething Treeland 6–8 ft
- Spread
- 1.4 m to 2.0 mRead from AUB Landscape Plant Database and Boething Treeland, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: AUB Landscape Plant Database 1–1.5 m; Boething Treeland 6–8 ft
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from AUB Landscape Plant Database, one source
- Flowers
- RedRead from Boething Treeland and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Boething Treeland orange, red; RHS red
- Coldest it survives
- 1.7 °C (USDA zone 10b)Read from RHS and Boething Treeland, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: RHS 10 °C; Boething Treeland -6.7 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- French
- Aloé arborescente, Aloé candélabre
- Slovenian
- drevesasta aloja
- Chinese
- 大芦荟, 木立芦荟, 樹蘆薈
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Boething Treeland, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- AUB Landscape Plant Database, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Aloe arborescens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.