Aloe arborescens Mill.

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Aloe

Catalan common name: Àloe. Sèver.

Spanish common name: Acíbar. Aloe. Candelabros. Planta pulpo. Sávila. Zabila. Zabira.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Castelló. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Africa

Uses and properties: Medicinal. Perfumery.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky coastlines. Garden plants. Cultivated specie and sometimes naturalizated.

Characteristics: A shrubby plant that can reach notable dimensions (up to 3 m. in height). Differs from the rest of the Aloes, as it has long leaves (up to 60 cm. in length) greyish green on the leaf face and light green on the reverse, turned downwards and with curved teeth inside of the turns and in addition, many leaves in the apical part of the branches. The flowers are orangey-red and grouped above the leaves in terminal inflorescences without ramifications, up to 80 cm. in length.