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Cornel's Kopf,
north-western South Africa.
One of two seedlings I
was able to find in the area.
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This big member of the
Aloaceae* family was given this name by Louise Guthrie in
1928. It is found from Cornel's Kopf, north-western South Africa to Brandberg in Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with little
water and lots of sun. The stem can grow up to a meter in diameter,
and raise to ten meters or more. The flowers are yellow.
Named after Neville S. Pillans,
the botanist who first collected it.
*) Aloaceae might be Asphodelaceae
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