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Aloe plicatilis
Aloe plicatilis can grow to a height of 3–5 metres tall. The trunk has corky, fire-resistant bark and the branches fork into pairs without a central leader, a pattern known as "dichotomous" branching. The branches bear masses of succulent, oblong, tongue-shaped leaves arranged in 2 opposite rows in the shape of a fan. To the imaginative, the leaf-heads look a bit like a mass of grey hands, raised in the air.
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Spotted on Jul 11, 2013
Submitted on Feb 23, 2014
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