Aloe officinalis Forssk.

Freely suckering aloe, spreading to form large colonies, either stemless with the leaves in a basal rosette or with a short erect stem less than 50 cm long and the leaves in a cluster at the top of the stem. Leaves erect or ascending, narrow, yellow green, sometimes white spotted when young, with rather large, spreading marginal teeth 12-15 mm apart. Infloresence branched; bracts up to 10 mm long; pedicels stout, up to 8 mm long; perianth red or yellow, glabrous.