Aloe ferox, also called cape aloe, is an evergreen succulent known for its thick, serrated leaves and tall columns of orange flowers. Native to southern Africa, this plant thrives in hot, dry ...

Medicinal plant book author, journalist and farmer Heather Dugmore records that the first evidence of Aloe ferox (also called Cape Aloe or Bitter Aloe) being used commercially was in the mid-1700s.

Aloe ferox has a restricted distribution in South Africa extending from the Western Cape, intermittently throughout the Eastern Cape, and up into south-eastern Free State. The species also occurs ...

A. ferox (Cape aloe) has 36 percent more total amino acids in its gel, and 20 times more of the bitter sap containing aloin, than A. vera. Eastern Cape specimens of A. ferox have the highest aloin ...

Some large Cape aloe (Aloe ferox) plants grew close to the hotel. He severed a couple of fleshy, 3-foot-long leaves, went up to his room, split the leaves to expose the glorious cooling gel, and ...

David Mwesige, a landscaper at Golden Herbs, says the plant has dull green leaves and spots a reddish colour on its edge. Aloe Vera has a lot of species, but let us focus on a type called Aloe ...

South Africa’s indigenous Aloe Ferox plant (also known as the Cape or Bitter Aloe) contains almost double the amount of amino acids and twenty times more antioxidants than its international ...

In the ongoing series on great SA inventions and inventors, Mike Bruton discovers the healing powers of the aloe.

Flowering Aloe ferox plant, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Seen against a clear blue sky. This plant is seen throughout the Eastern Cape, and most landscapes in this area are covered in aloes.

Jan said: "People Googled the aloe ferox and couldn't put two and two together. "They kept saying, 'Please help us, because this is not a plant. This can't be a plant'.

The downward revision of forecast economic growth for 2019 is less exciting, albeit perhaps more realistic given the state we are in. The last Monetary Policy Committee statement, as well as the ...