actual size: leaves cca 4-7 cm
actual size: leaves cca 4-7 cm

Aloe megalacantha      Baker (1898)

DESCRIPTION: branching from base, stem to 2 m, leaves recurved, 60-80x13-15 cm, dull light green, teeth 5-6 mm long, 14-20 mm apart. Inflorescence 50-100 cm, racemes cylindrical, flowers orange or yellow, rare scarlet.
DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Somalia
CULTIVATION: easy to grow, but not common.

adult plant
adult plant