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Scientific Name | Aloe africana Mill. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe africana Mill. var. angustior Haw., Aloe africana Mill. var. latifolia Haw., Aloe angustifolia Haw., Aloe bolusii Baker, Aloe perfoliata L. var. africana (Mill.) Aiton, Aloe perfoliata L. var. beta L., Pachidendron africanum (Mill.) Haw., Pachidendron africanum (Mill.) Haw. var. angustum Haw., Pachidendron africanum (Mill.) Haw. var. latum Haw., Pachidendron angustifolium (Haw.) Haw. |
Common Names | Ikhala (x), Uitenhaag-aalwyn (a), Uitenhaagsaalwee (a), Uitenhaagsaalwyn (a), Uitenhaagse-Aalwyn (a), Uitenhage Aloe (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/04 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | Aloe africana has a restricted distribution range (EOO 10 754 km²), but it is locally very common. It has no severe threats and is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Eastern Cape, from the Gamtoos River to Port Alfred and inland to Fort Brown and along the Great Fish River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sundays Valley Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Albany Valley Thicket, Albany Mesic Thicket, St Francis Dune Thicket, Nanaga Savanna Thicket, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Doubledrift Karroid Thicket |
Description | Sandy soils in dense coastal and valley thicket, 0-300 m. |
Threats |
| In spite of inreasing industrial and urban development this species is still common between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage (Van Wyk and Smith 2003), the most highly transformed region in the range of this species. Elsewhere, there are very few threats to thicket habitats (Mucina and Rutherford 2006) and across the range of this species only about 13% of its habitat is irreversibly modified. |
Population |
A. africana is locally abundant, not declining, and not threatened (Van Wyk and Smith 1996). Recent field observations indicate that the species is often dominant in suitable habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe africana Mill. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Glen, H.F. and Hardy, D.S. 2000. Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. In: G. Germishuizen (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 5 Part 1, Fascicle 1:1-159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Mucina, L. and Rutherford, M.C. (eds). 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Reynolds, G.W. 1969. The Aloes of South Africa. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 2003. Guide to aloes of South Africa. (2nd ed.). Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2018. Aloe africana Mill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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