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Identification
Aloe vulgaris Lam. [family ALOEACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ALOE abyssinica Lam. [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ALOE abyssinica Lam. [family ALOACEAE], Encyc. i. 86 (excl. syn.). —Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 695; Salm-Dyck, Aloe sect. xviii. fig. 1; Kunth, Enum. iv. 521; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 324; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 174; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 165; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 66, 110;
ALOE vulgaris DC. var. abyssinica [family ALOACEAE], Plantes Grasses, sub t. 27.
Information
Caudex short, simple. Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform, deep green, often spotted when young, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, 3–4 in. broad low down; marginal teeth large, deltoid, tipped with brown. Peduncle branched, 1 1/2–2 ft. long; racemes dense, oblong, 3–4 in. long; lower pedicels 3/4–1 in. long; bracts small, ovate. Perianth yellow, 1 in. long; segments twice as long as the oblong tube. Stamens about as long as the perianth. Capsule oblong-trigonous, 1 in. long, obscurely stipitate.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land between Atbara and the Red Sea, Schweinfurth, 19! between Suakin and Berber; at Singat, Schweinfurth, 206! and at Wady Sarranib, Schweinfurth, 274! 275!Eritrea Nile Land Haddas Valley, near Mahio, 3200 ft., Schweinfurth, 155! Kohaito Plateau, 8400–8700 ft., Schweinfurth, 156! Geleb, 9400 ft., Schweinfurth, 1234! 1430! 1796! near Acrur, 9400 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1350! 1696! 1797! and on the Mareb Plateau, Steudner, 476!Abyssinia Nile Land Dillon & Petit, 50!

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