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Aloe pembana
Pemba Aloe is a succulent shrub-like aloe from Pemba and nearby islets off Tanzania, now found only on Misali Island in the wild with a few hundred plants left. It grows in clumps and needs bright, partly shaded conditions with well-drained soil.
Aloe pembana (the "Pemba Aloe", previously Lomatophyllum pembanum) is a species of Aloe indigenous to the island of Pemba and surrounding islets, off the coast of Tanzania.
While it was formerly widespread across Pemba and surrounding islands, it now only occurs on Misali island, off the Pemba coast, where it grows in dappled shade in the sandy coastal scrub.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloe pembana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
