Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Groot-gras aalwyn, Cooper's aloe, Cooper's grass aloe, isiPhukutwane

Family: Asphodelaceae

Synonym: Aloe schmidtiana

Distribution: KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga

National red list: Least Concern

Life form: Succulent plant

Comments: Shoots and flowers are cooked as vegetables by the Zulu people.They also believe that the smoke from burning leaves in cattle kraals will protect the cattle form the ill effects of eating improper food. Natural populations are rapidly declining.