Aloe Dichotoma (kokerboom) from Namibia.
The kokerboom is an Aloe species that grows in the northwest of South Africa.
The Kokerboom or guiver tree (Aloe Dichotoma) is a tree-shaped Aloe, with a rootstock and branches above it.
They branch as soon as they grow above 2 meters. It can grow to a height of three to nine meters.
The species name Dichotoma indicates that the branches branch dichotomously.
The Quiver Tree (Aloe Dichotoma) is not a tree in the narrower sense of that word, but a plant of the Aloe genus, which grows and branches until it has the proportions of a large pollard willow.
Aloes are an African genus of succulents, only some of which form trees.
The Koker tree occurs in very dry regions in the northeast of the Karoo in South Africa (including near Brandvlei) and the neighboring south of Namibia, including in the playground of the giants and the Koker tree forest near Keetmanshoop.
The name Quivertree (Quivertree) is derived from the fact that the bushmen (san) use the hollow branches of the plant to make quivers. Most Koker trees grow over, on, or against blocks of basalt.
These blocks absorb the heat of the sun during the day, which heat is then released during the night.
Despite the cold nights (it can freeze), this creates a microclimate characterized by a relatively constant ambient temperature.
Our quiver tree is in a 12 cm and is beautiful Aloe