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Accession Data:

Aloe marlothii A.Berger

  • Common Name: Mountain Aloe
  • Family: Asphodelaceae

  • Country of Origin: SE. Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal

  • Uses: Bitter yellow sap from the leaves is used for medicinal purposes. Dried leaves are ground for snuff.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000102
  • Source: Silverhill Seeds
  • Provenance: Pietersburg area, South Africa
  • Accession Date: 09-14-2010
  • Bench: 2206 - XER:Namib / Karoo C
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-31-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asphodelaceae
  • SubFamily: Asphodeloideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mozambique / Botswana / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. Smith, G.F. and van Wyk, B. 2008. Aloes in Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 06 May 2025 11:06:45 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Asphodelaceae

Subfamily Asphodeloideae

  • Aloe albiflora
  • Aloe alooides
  • Aloe arborescens
  • Aloe bakeri
  • Aloe berevoana W/C
  • Aloe branddraaiensis W/C
  • Aloe burgersfortensis
  • Aloe cooperi W/C
  • Aloe cremnophila
  • Aloe descoingsii
  • Aloe dorotheae
  • Aloe ferox
  • Aloe globuligemma W/C
  • Aloe jucunda
  • Aloe juvenna
  • Aloe krapohliana
  • Aloe longistyla
  • Aloe maculata
  • Aloe marlothii W/C
  • Aloe melanacantha
  • Aloe nobilis
  • Aloe parvula
  • Aloe polyphylla
  • Aloe rauhii
  • Aloe rivierei
  • Aloe spicata
  • Aloe thraskii
  • Aloe vera
  • Aloe vogtsii
  • Aloiampelos ciliaris
  • Aristaloe aristata
  • Asphodeline liburnica
  • Astroloba congesta
  • Bulbine frutescens
  • Bulbine margarethae W/C
  • x Gasterhaworthia Royal Highness
  • Gasteria batesiana
  • Gasteria brachyphylla W/C
  • Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri
  • Gasteria disticha W/C
  • Gasteria ellaphieae
  • Gasteria glauca W/C
  • Gasteria glomerata
  • Gasteria nitida var. armstrongii
  • Gasteria obliqua
  • Gonialoe variegata
  • Haworthia attenuata var. radula
  • Haworthia blackburniae
  • Haworthia cf. aristata W/C
  • Haworthia cooperi W/C
  • Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana
  • Haworthia cooperi var. truncata W/C
  • Haworthia cymbiformis
  • Haworthia cymbiformis
  • Haworthia gracilis var. tenera
  • Haworthia pygmaea var. acuminata W/C
  • Haworthia magnifica var. splendens W/C
  • Haworthia marumiana var. batesiana
  • Haworthia mirabilis W/C
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. paradoxa
  • Haworthia mirabilis var. triebneriana
  • Haworthia retusa W/C
  • Haworthia retusa
  • Haworthia truncata
  • Haworthia truncata W/C
  • Haworthia turgida
  • Haworthia venosa subsp. tessellata
  • Haworthiopsis glauca
  • Haworthiopsis limifolia W/C
  • Haworthiopsis limifolia W/C
  • Haworthiopsis limifolia W/C
  • Haworthiopsis longiana
  • Haworthiopsis reinwardtii
  • Haworthiopsis viscosa W/C
  • Kumara plicatilis

Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae

  • Dianella ensifolia
  • Hemerocallis fulva
  • Phormium tenax

Subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae

  • Xanthorrhoea australis
W/C = Wild Collected
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