About Aloiampelos tenuior (Haw.) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm.
Locally, this plant is called iKhalene in Xhosa, inTelezi in Fengu, and fence aloe in English. Its specific epithet tenuior means "very slender", and this term refers to the plant's stems. It is a medium-sized bushy plant that forms clumps reaching up to 3 meters tall, with leaves growing in tufts at the ends of its branches. Its leaves have a distinctive greyish-green color, and their margins bear tiny white teeth. These leaves are used as a traditional remedy for tapeworm. An unusually large, woody rootstock typically forms at the base of the plant, above ground. Like all species in this genus, its flowers grow on slender racemes, and are usually bright yellow. Red-flowered forms exist, which are sometimes called var. rubriflora. Aloiampelos tenuior flowers year-round, but it flowers especially heavily in winter, and its small flowers appear on thin, unbranched racemes.
