Swaziland's Flora Database

Species Information

Haworthiopsis limifolia Marloth var. limifolia (name current 2016) indvololwane (Haworthia limifolia) (Haworthia limifolia var. limifolia) Asphodelaceae Growth form: Herb Near Endemic Schedule A Medicinal Other uses Illegal trade Red Data Book Information: Status: DD Threats: Collection Distribution: Lebombo (Siteki to Pongola) Collected for medicinal purposes. Also in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal (South Africa). Regional distribution: Also in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Haworthia limifolia - Leaves in dense rosette, c 5—8 cm long X 2 cm wide at base, tapering to long point, firmly succulent, dull green or russet, with innumerable small white tubercles on both surfaces and round margins, mostly arranged in transverse lines, close-set and joining laterally with one another. Inflorescence slender with few minute bracts, up to 75 cm high, further half bearing short stalked flowers mostly turning to one side; perianth c 1,2 cm long, narrow, slightly two-lipped, pinkish, stamens not protruding. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.