Aloe chabaudii Schönland
var. chabaudii

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Aloe chabaudii var. chabaudii

Mulobezi road, Oribi Plain;
Aug 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe chabaudii var. chabaudii

Mulobezi road, Oribi Plain;
Aug 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe chabaudii var. chabaudii

Aloe chabaudii & Huernia levyi, Lusaka Park;
Mar 2010
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe chabaudii var. chabaudii

Lusaka, cultivated;
Jul 2003
Photo: Mike Bingham

Aloe chabaudii var. chabaudii

Lusaka, cultivated;
Jun 2015
Photo: Mike Bingham

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Synonyms: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. verekeri Christian
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Description: Perennial herb, stemless or with short stems, suckering from the base to form clusters. Leaves succulent, in dense rosettes, dark blue-green without pale spots except on young plants. Inflorescences up to 1.5 m high, with up to 10 or more racemes. Racemes densely flowered.
Very variable over the range of distribution of the species, but less so in Zambia, where only var. chabaudii is recognized. A robust form with inflorescences up to 2.0 m occurs in mopane woodland on the Oribi Plain south of Mulobezi.
Notes: Flowering time: Jun-Aug.
Conservation status: Not threatened.
Sold in nurseries under the name Aloe vera
Derivation of specific name: chabaudii: after John A. Chabaud, a plant grower in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in whose garden the original specimens flowered.
Flowering time:Apr - Jul(-Aug)
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Content last updated: Wednesday 9 September 2015
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 190 - 191. (Includes a picture).

Bolnick, D. (2007). A Guide to the Common Wild Flowers of Zambia and Neighbouring Regions Revised Edition. WECS, Lusaka, Zambia Page 59. Illustrations Plate 27 (Includes a picture).

Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Page 56. 77-79 illustration (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 120.

Lane, S.S. (2004). A Field Guide to the Aloes of Malawi Umdaus Press, Hatfield South Africa. Pages 15 - 18. (Includes a picture).

Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 14.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 84.

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 30. (Includes a picture).

Reynolds, G.W. (1966). The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Aloes Book Fund, Mbabane, Swaziland. Pages 111 - 114. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 115.

Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23. As Aloe chabaudii

West, O. (1974). A Field Guide to the Aloes of Rhodesia. Longman, Salisbury Pages 61 - 71. (Includes a picture).

Williamson, G. (2002). Notes on Zambian Aloes Aloe 39(3&4) Pages 83 - 91. (Includes a picture).

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Aloe chabaudii var. chabaudii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=113840, retrieved 19 March 2024

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