This project has been made possible by a research grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Great Britain, whose assistance is gratefully ackowledged.
Aloe Ferox
The typical and iconic species of the settler area is well adapted to a harsh and dry climate. It stores moisture in fleshy leaves fringed with spines; a further disincentive to foragers is the bitterness of its juice. In winter its candles of red flowers brighten the pale ochre of the dry veld.
