Munch's Great Chimanimani Aloe

munchii: after Raymond Charles Munch (1901 - 1985), Zimbabwean farmer and plant collector with a particular interest in aloes and cycads.

Large succulent shrub-like plant, single-stemmed or branching near the base, 2-5 m tall. Leaves in a dense rosette at the apices of the branches, up to c. 50 cm long, greyish-green,without spots but often tinged pinkish-red, particularly along the toothed margins. Inflorescences 1-2 from each rosette, erect, branched, up to 60 cm tall, each branch terminating in a dense subcapitate head, 10-14 cm long. Flowers bright orange-red, 35-45 mm long.

Chimanimani Mountains in Zimbabwe and Mozambique