Native records: 4 botanical areas
Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, 1 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent subshrub of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Malawi
- MalawiNative
Mozambique
- MozambiqueNative
South Africa
- KwaZulu-NatalNative
Zimbabwe
- ZimbabweNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 131 areas worldwide, 127 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
climbing-flower aloe
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
Other species in Aloe
- Aloe steudneri
- Aloe striataCoral Aloe
- Aloe suarezensis
- Aloe subacutissima
- Aloe subspicata
- Aloe succotrinaBombay Aloe
- Aloe suprafoliataBook aloe
- Aloe swynnertoniiSwynnerton's Spotted Aloe
- Aloe tartarensis
- Aloe tauriBullock's bottle brush aloe
- Aloe tegetiformis
- Aloe teissieri
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mozambique · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Malawi · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
South Africa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Zimbabwe · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Aloe suffulta
Raffi Kojian · CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page