Aloe fimbrialis is a succulent plant species from Zambia and possibly Tanzania. A very unusual Aloe as it forms a caudex which can grow to five centimeters in diameter, the leaves grow up to ten centimeters long. The inflorescence can reach 90 centimeters in length and has coral-pink flowers. It usually grows on termite mounds. Aloe fimbrialis is a very rare aloe, first discovered in 1964 and formally described by Susan Carter Holmes in 1996 from a herbarium specimens. Graham Williamson rediscovered the species in 2002 on the border of Zambia and Angola, close to the source of the Zambezi River.

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Aloe fimbrialis The Plant List

Aloe fimbrialis Encyclopedia of Life

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Plants described in 1996

Flora of Zambia

Aloe fimbrialis