Aloe melanacantha Berger (1905)

DESCRIPTION: with procumbent stem to 50 cm long, leaves 20x4 cm with the tip a black spine, dull green, inf. 100 cm, racemes cylindrical, flowers red. Varieta erinacea grows in Namibia only.
DISTRIBUTION: RSA, Namibia
CULTIVATION: easy to grow, flowerin in high age.

Aloe melanacantha Nuwerus, RSA	Aloe melanacantha Nuwerus, RSA	Aloe melanacantha Nuwerus, RSA
Aloe melanacantha erinacea Witputz, Namibia	Aloe melanacantha erinacea Witputz, Namibia	Aloe melanacantha erinacea Witputz, Namibia