Aloe Fosteri - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Tomato swollen basal caudex

swollen basal caudex

Most of these species (about 49) are found in the south-western Cape of Africa

strap-like leaves per plant which are arching and are not leathery

Visitors to the Cape can see a recently planted forest of quiver trees at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden

The quiver tree or Aloe dichotoma is probably the best known aloe found in South Africa and Namibia

Aloe Fosteri - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Tomato swollen basal caudexAloe is a genus containing about 400 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, and the islands of Africa. Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance shaped with