Description: It is a miniature aloe with rosettes. Suckering to form dense groups up to 35 cm tall and 0,6-1 m in diameter.
Stem: Acaulescent to short branching.
Rosettes: Small up to 5-8 cm in diameter with up to 12 leaves.
Leaves: Densely rosulate, ovate accuminate, 4 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, glossy shiny dark green, and almost 'plastic-like' in consistency, flecked with transparent cream spots, surface smooth. The leaf margins are red-brown with a few pungent teeth up to 2 mm long and 3-4 mm apart. These turgid leaves recurve and look very nice. Exudate yellow.
Flower: The flowers are pale pink to coral pink 20-30 mm long and 5 mm across, on a 30cm tall simple stalks, the raceme is cylidindrical with about 20 flowers .
Blooming season: The flowers are produced all year round whenever the growing condition are adequate.
 

Reproduction: Usually by Offsets or (rarely) by seeds, it has to be restarted periodically as the lower leaves shed and it looks bare.
 

Origin:  Gaan Liba Forest Reserve, Hargeisa Reg, Somalia

Habitat:  Dry mountain forest on shade. Substrate: limestone.

Does best with some sun protection, but can acclimate to full, hot sun eventually- turns a reddish brownish colour in sunshine... and grows more slowly.