Aloe descoingsii
{{Short description|Species of succulent}}
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| status = CITES_A1
| status_system = CITES
| status_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| image = Aloe descoingsii 1.jpg
| image_caption = A. descoingsii at the University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley, CA
| genus = Aloe
| species = descoingsii
| authority = Renolds
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Aloe descoingsii is a species of Aloe native to southern Madagascar.{{cite POWO |id=529391-1 |title=Aloe descoingsii }}{{cite book|author=Urs Eggli|title=Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-56715-5|page=128}} Regarded as the smallest Aloe species in the world, it generally reaches a maximum of about 3 inches (7.62 cm) across.{{cite book|author=Fred Dortort|title=The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World: A Comprehensive Reference to More than 2000 Species|date=19 November 2014|publisher=Timber Press|isbn=978-1-60469-357-7|page=269}} With white spotted leaves, A. descoingsii grows via offsets in clumps and sports tiny orange flowers.
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