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Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)
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Genus: Aloe
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Mainly young Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom,
Quiver tree), Klein Pella, Northern Cape. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)
flowering in early winter near Pella on the Gariep River, Bushmanland,
Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Aloe dichotoma with
Sociable weaver nest, Klein Pella, Northern Cape. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Dehisced fruit of Aloe dichotoma.
[photos
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Ecological interactions
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Dusky sunbird male (left) and female (right)
pollinating a flower of Aloe dichotoma in winter at the Augrabies
Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A Pale-winged Starling, Onychognathus nabouroup,
pollinating a flower of Aloe dichotoma in winter at the Augrabies
Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A male Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)
on a flower of a cultivated Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) in
winter at the Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
An African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus
nigricans), on a flower of the Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma)
in winter at the Augrabies Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Publications
- Rebelo, A.G., Holmes, P.M., Hilton-Taylor, C.,
Samper, C., Knight, R.S., Kurzweil, H. & Pabst, P.
1989. Branching patterns in Aloe dichotoma—is A.
ramosissima a separate species? Madoqua 16: 23–26.
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