Aloe boylei

Bak.

Broad-leaved grass Aloe

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable

The flowers are cooked as a vegetable.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical or Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in marshy places.

Africa, Algeria, North Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A succulent plant. It is an aloe without a stem. It grows 50 cm tall. The leaves are long, narrow and yellow-green. They are arranged in fan shaped. It forms clumps. The flowers are orange.

Notes

Also put in the family Aloaceae. Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.

References (5)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 255
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Ogle and Grivetti, 1985,
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 9
Plowes, N. J. & Taylor, F. W., 1997, The Processing of Indigenous Fruits and other Wildfoods of Southern Africa. in Smartt, L. & Haq. (Eds) Domestication, Production and Utilization of New Crops. ICUC p 184

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