^{(Photograph = Aloe capitata cipolinicola, Christian Defferrard)}

Introduction

Madagascar is a species-rich island off the eastern coast of Africa; it is a large island and qualifies as a mini-continent. The two land masses have been separate nearly 90 million years, and Madagascar has gone its own way biologically.

Flora

There are nearly 15,000 known plant species in Madagascar, 80% of them occur nowhere else. This endemism includes a rich set of Aloe species that range from miniature to tree-like. Other succulents include six of the eight known species of baobob (Adansonia) species.

More

You can find out more at the The Aloe Genus at PlantzAfrica.

Aloe helenae, Christian Defferrard

Aloe dichomoa, Christian Defferrard

Aloe deltoideodonta fallex, Christian Defferrard

Aloe capmanambatoensis, Christian Defferrard

Aloe asperifolia, Christian Defferrard

Aloes imalotensis