Aloe maculata is a Southern African species of aloe. This species was previously known as Aloe saponaria (a name that came from the Latin “sapo” meaning soap, as the sap makes a soapy lather in water). The soap aloe is highly adaptable and is naturally found in a wide range of habitats across Southern Africa.
The leaves range in colour from red to green, but always have distinctive “H-shaped” spots. The flowers are similarly variable in colour, ranging from bright red to yellow, but are always bunched in a distinctively flat-topped raceme. The inflorescence is borne on the top of a tall, multi-branched stalk and the seeds are reputedly poisonous.
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1975 Aloe 75 – 25c Aloe saponaria
