Aloe pluridens
Aloe pluridens is a slender tree aloe, usually single-stemmed and 2-3 m tall (occasionally to 5-6 m), with rosettes of narrow, recurved pale green leaves edged in crowded small white-pink teeth. It grows in dense succulent thicket along the coast of South Africa's Eastern Cape, with a separate population near Durban, in a mild frost-free climate with rain spread through the year. Grow it like a warm-temperate coastal succulent: strong sun, sharp drainage, water year-round but lightly in winter.
Where it grows wild
Dense coastal and near-coastal succulent thicket (Albany thicket), where it grows among shrubs and other aloes. Stems are erect and carry a skirt of dried leaves; young plants start in the partial shade of thicket shrubs and grow up into full sun.
Lowland: mostly near sea level to a few hundred metres, from the Humansdorp area to the Kei River mouth and around Durban. No measured elevations were available in our data.
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