Herbarium catalogue
Family: Asphodelaceae
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Aloe vera var. officinalis (Forssk.) Baker
Collector/Expedition: Collenette, Iris Sheila
Collection number: 4986
Collection date: 31st January 1985
Country/Territory: Saudi Arabia
Collecting locality: Saudi Arabia:Farasan island
Habitat: Small claypans in crevices of fossil coral
Description: Leafy succulent, the leaves with widely spaced pale teeth. Grows in colonies, suckering freely. Red and yellow flowers 3.6 cm long, on stalks to 2.5 cm long. One, 2 or 3 branched flower-stems to 1.5 m tall
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00034294
Herbarium region: 2A_ARABIA (Arabian Peninsula)
Number of sheets: 1
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