Aloe Zebrina - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Fruit

Aloe Zebrina - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds FruitAloe is a genus containing about 500 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

free-draining soil

usually lasting through one season

The Scoville heat unit for this variety is : 500 to 2 500 SHU

Astrophytum coahuilense with five ribs

The feathery foliage is used fresh and is added to salads and soups

A tree growing 10-20m with flaking bark and white scented flowers in the summer

The fruits are ovoid to obovoid shaped achenes that are collected together in a tight cluster

best eaten when 60cm long and less than 6cm across

but only about a dozen are still economically important today as crops or garden vegetables

flowers at slightly Succulent leaves with bladder cells along margins

for example in curry

arching habit