Aloe falcata Baker (1880)

DESCRIPTION: stemless, leaves up to 20, 30x7 cm, greygreen, rough with few black spines in a keel, sharp deltoid teeth 5 mm long, 10 mm apart. Racemes cylindrical, 35 cm long, up to 10 branches. Perianth red.
DISTRIBUTION: RSA, Calvinia district.
CULTIVATION: Not common, but easy growing. A. falcata is close related A. claviflora, but differs noticeably in its erect and branched inflorescence, laxly flowered racemes and straight perianths.

Aloe falcata seedling	Aloe falcata Klawer, RSA	Aloe falcata Klawer, RSA