Aloe nuttii

Aloe nuttii is a species of aloe native to Tanzania and neighbouring countries. It is an erect perennial herb with bright green, grass-like leaves, and it sends up a flower spike as much as 75 cm long that carries tubular flowers whose colour runs from orange-red to pink. The species is notable among aloes for its use as food: the mature flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable, often together with peas or pumpkin leaves. The Wikipedia article that serves as the source for this entry is short, so the description here is limited to the form, flowering and culinary use that it states, and does not go beyond them to claim anything about cultivation, conservation status or chemistry.