Aloe dewetii
Reynolds
De Wet's Aloe
XanthorrhoeaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - potash
The leaves are processed to produce potash for use.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, Eswatini, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
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 without a stem. It grows 50-80 cm tall. There are about 20 spreading leaves. They are 36-50 cm long by 7-13 cm wide. There are irregular white spots on the upper surface. The flowering shoots are 2 m tall with 20-40 branches near the top. The flowers are dull greyish-red.
Notes
Also put in the family Aloaceae. Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.
References (2)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
