''Aloe perryi'' is a species of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in the genus ''

Aloe ''Aloe'' (; also written ''Aloë'') is a genus containing over 650 species of flowering plant, flowering succulent plant, succulent plants.WFO (2022): Aloe L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000001341. Acc ...

''. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the island of

Socotra Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as ...

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

, and may be known by the common name, Socotrine aloe.''Western Arabia and the Red Sea'', Naval Intelligence Division, London 2005, p. 208 ; John Hill, ''A History of the Materia Medica'', London 1751, p. 772

Description

A variable species, usually a blue-green colour but sometimes reddish, especially in exposed positions. The inflorescence is branched, and the flowers reddish orange with yellow tips.

Distribution and habitat

Its natural

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is rocky areas. Widely distributed and in places abundant, it is one of a number of ''Aloe'' species that naturally occur on the island of

, others including ''

Aloe jawiyon ''Aloe jawiyon'' is a species of succulent plant in the genus '' Aloe'' first described in 2004. It is endemic to the island of Socotra, Yemen, located in the Indian Ocean (near to the mouth of the Gulf of Aden), approximately 200 miles (321 km) ...

'' and '' Aloe squarrosa''. Bitter aloes – the juice of ''Aloe perryi'' – has important pharmaceutical and medicinal properties. At present, it is under no immediate threat but some populations are potentially vulnerable to pests, climate change and over-harvesting.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q140942 Endemic flora of Socotra perryi Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker