Cape aloe
చేదు కలబంద
Aloe ferox Mill.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.0 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Asphodelaceae
Formerly Aloe galpinii, Aloe horrida, Aloe pseudoferox, Aloe subferox, and 4 more
When it flowers
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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
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Cape Prov. to LesothoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 3.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 2.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- French
- Aloès du Cap
- Chinese
- 好望角芦荟, 青鰐蘆薈
- Slovenian
- divja aloja
- Telugu
- చేదు కలబంద
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Aloe ferox (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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