Aloe mossurilensis Ellert

A close-up of the flower of Aloe mossurilensis in its natural habitat (type location) on the coast in Mossuril district.

Aloe mossurilensis in cultivation never sets seeds, because it is a single clone. Here, in its natural habitat on the coast in Northern Mozambique, seeds are formed plentifully. Some environmental threats are frequent fires and foreign invader plants, like the Opuntia in the picture.

Here in Mossuril district, close to the type location, with plenty of capsules. Cultivated plants do not produce capsules, because only one single clone found its way into cultivation. One of the few endemic Aloe species from Mozambique. Related to Aloe suffulta.

Coastal habitat (type location), together with Euphorbia halipedicola. A rare endemic from northern Mozambique.