Asphodelaceae
Cape aloe
Aloe ferox
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
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Common names
By language (19)
- Afrikaans
- Bitteraalwyn, Bergaalwyn, Tapaalwyn
- Arabic
- صبر, سولع/ألوه/صبارة/مقر
- Azerbaijani
- Tikanlı əzvay
- Cantonese
- 好望角蘆薈
- Catalan
- Àloe del Cap, Àloe ferox Miller
- Chinese
- 好望角芦荟, 好望角蘆薈, 青鰐蘆薈
- English
- Cape aloe, Bitter aloe, Red aloe, Tap aloe
- French
- Aloès du Cap
- frr
- Kap-Aloe
- Hungarian
- Szúrós aloé, Kap-aloé, Tövises aloé
- Irish
- Aló searbh
- Japanese
- アロエ・フェロックス, アロエ・フェロクス, ケープ・アロエ
- Polish
- Aloes uzbrojony
- Serbian
- Горка алоја
- Slovenian
- Divja aloja
- Telugu
- చేదు కలబంద
- Tsonga
- Mhangana
- Xhosa
- IKhala
- Zulu
- InLaba
Synonyms
- Aloe ferox var. galpinii (Baker) Reynolds
- Aloe ferox var. incurvata Baker
- Aloe ferox var. subferox (Spreng.) Baker
- Aloe galpinii Baker
- Aloe horrida Haw.
- Aloe pallancae Guillaumin
- Aloe perfoliata var. ferox (Mill.) Aiton
- Aloe pseudoferox Salm-Dyck
- Aloe subferox Spreng.
- Aloe supralaevis Haw.
- Aloe supralaevis var. erythrocarpa Baker
- Busipho ferox (Mill.) Salisb.
- Pachidendron ferox (Mill.) Haw.
- Pachidendron pseudoferox (Salm-Dyck) Haw.
- Pachidendron supralaeve (Haw.) Haw.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.