Aloe minima

Baker

Pink grass aloe

XanthorrhoeaceaeLeavesFlowersShoots

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Shoots, Leaves, Flowers

The shoots, leaves, and flowers are edible.

Where to Find It

It can grow in arid places.

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 herb. There are about 12 leaves forming a ring. They are narrow and have a channel down the front. They are 12-15 cm long. They have white spots. There are small white teeth along the edge. There are many flowers in a dense group.

Notes

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

Names & Synonyms

Inhlatjana

Aloe parviflora BakerAloe minima var. blyderivierensis (Groenew.) ReynoldsLeptaloe blyderivierensis Groenew.Leptaloe minima (Baker) Stapf

References (3)

Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 24th March 2011]
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

Notes

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