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Internal ID UUID644024de3425a197261954
Scientific name Aloe ballyi
Authority Reynolds
First published in J. S. African Bot. 19: 2 (1953)

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Aloe ballyi, also known as the "rat aloe," is a flowering plant found in Kenya and Tanzania. It has tall, slender stems and long, straight leaves that do not remain on the stem for long. Unlike other aloes, this species is poisonous. Its flowers are mildly tubular and grow in the Eastern Arc Mountains and coastal forests, often found alongside acacias and other succulents. Aloe ballyi is a rare plant, making it a unique and interesting addition to any environment.

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Language Common/alternative name
English rat aloe
English "rat aloe"

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World Flora Online wfo-0000757901
Tropicos 50142452
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:529238-1
The Plant List kew-297105
Open Tree Of Life 3996959
NCBI Taxonomy 1593056
IUCN Red List 30901
IPNI 529238-1
iNaturalist 435472
GBIF 2778017
Freebase /m/02x7shd
EOL 1085173
USDA GRIN 90003
Wikipedia Aloe_ballyi

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
A customised target capture sequencing tool for molecular identification of Aloe vera and relatives Woudstra Y, Viruel J, Fritzsche M, Bleazard T, Mate R, Howard C, Rønsted N, Grace OM Sci Rep 21-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8692607
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03300-0
PMID:34934068
The uses of Kenyan aloes: an analysis of implications for names, distribution and conservation Bjorå CS, Wabuyele E, Grace OM, Nordal I, Newton LE J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Nov-2015
PMCID:PMC4658748
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0060-0
PMID:26607663
Traditional Medicines Among the Embu and Mbeere Peoples of Kenya Kareru PG, Kenji GM, Gachanja AN, Keriko JM, Mungai G Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 28-Aug-2006
PMCID:PMC2816425
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v4i1.31193
PMID:20162075
A chlorinated amide and piperidine alkaloids from Aloe sabaea. Blitzke T, Porzel A, Masaoud M, Schmidt J Phytochemistry 01-Dec-2000
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00269-7
PMID:11140536

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> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyridines and derivatives / Hydropyridines / Tetrahydropyridines
gamma-Coniceine 442632 Click to see CCCC1=NCCCC1 125.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00269-7

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