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Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae > Genus: Aloe

Mainly young Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree), Klein Pella, Northern Cape. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)

Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree) flowering in early winter near Pella on the Gariep River, Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe dichotoma with Sociable weaver nest, Klein Pella, Northern Cape. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Dehisced fruit of Aloe dichotoma. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Ecological interactions

Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree) Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)

Dusky sunbird male (left) and female (right) pollinating a flower of Aloe dichotoma in winter at the Augrabies Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)

A Pale-winged Starling, Onychognathus nabouroup, pollinating a flower of Aloe dichotoma in winter at the Augrabies Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree) Aloe dichotoma (Kokerboom, Quiver tree)

A male Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) on a flower of a cultivated Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) in winter at the Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

An African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans), on a flower of the Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) in winter at the Augrabies Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Publications

  • Rebelo, A.G., Holmes, P.M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Samper, C., Knight, R.S., Kurzweil, H. & Pabst, P. 1989. Branching patterns in Aloe dichotoma—is A. ramosissima a separate species? Madoqua 16: 23–26.