African Bushveld Aloe

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2004-05-29 Location: Osborne Dam Habitat: Rocky outcrops

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2004-05-29 Location: By Odzani Bridge, road to Osborne Dam Habitat: Rocky outcrops

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2007-06-17 Location: Dry rocky northern slopes, Mt Gorongosa Habitat: On rocks in full sun

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2007-06-17 Location: Dry rocky northern slopes, Mt Gorongosa Habitat: On rocks in full sun

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2007-09-29 Location: Along road to Chikukwa between Mussapa pequeno crossing and Nhabawa, lower Chimanimani Mts Habitat: On gneiss rocks

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2008-05-24 Location: Muhowa river, Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani Mts Habitat: On wooded hillside with Brachystegia tamarindoides

Species: Aloe chabaudii Schönland var. chabaudii Date: 2011-05-17 Location: Near Musapa Gap, Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani Mts Habitat: Among quartzite rocks

A dwarf form of Aloe chabaudii, with orange colored flowers. A cultivated plant, but it originated from Muidumbe district.

Aloe chabaudii at Mount Humbe, Barue district in Manica province of Mozambique

About 900 m.a.s., at the foothills of Mount Ribaue.

Nampula, Mozambique

Dry season vegetation at Monte Caramiria (close to Nampula town in Mozambique) with the dwarf form of Aloe chabaudii in flower.

Nampula, Mozambique

Display of red. Aloe chabaudii at the foothills of the Serra de Gorongosa in Mozambique.

Nova Chaves, Nampula, Mozambique

This dwarf form of Aloe chabaudii is quite common on inselbergs in Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces of Mozambique. It differs from typical A. chabaudii in that it is a much smaller plant, intensely suckering, it keeps its spotted leaves (juvenile condition in A. chabaudii) and has shorter flower pedicels (1 cm rather than almost 2 cm). My guess is that it deserves subspecies status within A. chabaudii. Here in Meluco district.

Nampula, Mozambique