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Aloe mawii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Aloe
Species:	A. mawii
Binomial name
Aloe mawii Engl.

Aloe mawii is an aloe widespread in south-east Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique.

Aloe mawii grows tall, stout stems of up to 2 meters in height, though acaulescent forms can occur.

The stems sometimes branch higher up, in a tree-like form.

The leaves are up to 10 cm wide, spreading or recurved, with widely spaced teeth on their margins. They are blue-green in the shade, but can become reddish in full sun.

The flowers are orange-red, born on very short pedicels (1-2mm), on a simple, hardly branched inflorescence, which spreads out horizontally.

References

1. Carter, S. Flora of Tropical East Africa - Aloaceae. CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 9061913640

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