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Aloe arborescens
Torch Plant, Candelabra Plant
There are more than 300 species of Aloe, plus many hybrids, ranging in height from 6 inches to 18 feet. Native to arid lands, they require little water or care.
Aloe arborescens (Torch Aloe) - Large densely growing succulent growing to 9 feet tall by an equal spread with many 18 inch wide rosettes of narrow recurved soft toothed margined leaves that are dull green or yellowish or sometimes blue-green ...
Aloe arborescens. TREE ALOE. South Africa
LILIACEAE
Succulent, to 18 feet, flowers in long spiky bright vermilion to yellow clusters, December thru June. Specimens in Arizona Garden and New Guinea Garden are still short in height.
Aloe arborescens Mill.
Common Names
aloe, candelabra aloe, candelabra plant, krantz aloe, mountain bush aloe, octopus aloe, octopus plant, shrub aloe, torch aloe, torchaloe, torchplant, tree aloe ...
As with Aloe arborescens, ingestion of the latex can cause a cathartic (purging) reaction by irritating the large intestine.
Candelabra Aloe [English]: Aloe arborescens
Candelabra Bush [English]: Senna alata
Candelabra Cactus [English]: Euphorbia lactea
Candelabra Cactus [English]: Jasminocereus thouarsii
Candelabra Cactus [English]: Myrtillocactus cochal ...
tricolor, Aloe commutata, Aloe commelinii, Aloe cinnabarina, Aloe defalcata, Aloe brownii, Aloe deflexidens, Aloe baumii, Aloe arborescens var. viridifolia, Aloe arborescens var.
Aloes are usually stemless rosettes but there are a few stemmed forms, including the Tree aloe Aloe arborescens (9 in. spiny leaves on tall trunks) and Aloe Ferox (18 in. spiny and warty leaves).
Many are spiny, margined rosettes, and they area prominent feature of the cultivated landscape of the Mediterranean region and in Southern California. One sees Aloe arborescens as a pot plant with narrow, watery, prickly margined leaves.
 See also: Aloe, Aloe vera, Medic, Hybrids, Green
  
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