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black-thorn aloe
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

black-thorn aloe

Aloe melanacantha

Aloe melanacantha (locally known as the "Goree") is a rare species of succulent plant in the genus Aloe, from the arid Namaqualand areas of the western part of South Africa.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489471.