| Botanical name | Aloe cooperi |
| Other names | Isiputumane (Zulu) |
| Family | Asphodelaceae |
| Dimensions | |
| Description of stem | Stemless or short-stemmed |
| Description of leaves | Light green leaves may have a few white spots near the base on the upper surface whilst the lower surface is generally spotted near the base; the leaves are arranged fanlike, only in mature plants sometimes becoming a rosette; the leaf is normally markedly keeled; only the edges have teeth |
| Description of flowers | Single, conical raceme with pink, cerise, light yellow or occasionally red flowers in summer; the perianth is pendulous once open; bracts noticeable around the base of the pedicel |
| Desciption of seed/fruit | |
| Description of roots | |
| Variation | Grows bigger in more conducive climatic zones of its natural distribution; variations tarkaensis and broomii have been described |
| Propagation and cultivation | Attractive rock garden plant for also harsher climates |
| Tolerances | |
| Uses | A garden plant; the young leaves and flowers are cooked as a vegetable; there is a report that horses given some of the boiled leaf juice to drink become rid of ticks (www.plantzafrica.com) |
| Ecological rarity | Well represented in its distribution area |
| Pests and diseases | Snout beetle, white scale and fungus |
| Other | |
| Location | Coastal and inland hills, high (summer) rainfall areas |
| Distribution (SA provinces) | Mpumalanga, Kwazulu-Natal |
| Country | South Africa, Swaziland |