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Internal ID UUID644024f457100175978906
Scientific name Aloe kilifiensis
Authority Christian
First published in J. S. African Bot. 8: 169 (1942)

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Aloe kilifiensis is a unique plant species found in the coastal areas of Kenya and Tanzania. Its habitat is threatened by agricultural activities, and it is also collected for its distinctively colored flowers. This species is part of the spotted aloes group and can be easily mistaken for other similar species in East Africa. Its leaves can grow up to 9 cm wide and its flowers have a noticeable constriction above the base. The plant also has an inflorescence with five or more branches.

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Chinese 基利菲芦荟

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World Flora Online wfo-0000758350
Tropicos 50142381
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:529561-1
The Plant List kew-297533
Open Tree Of Life 3996974
NCBI Taxonomy 1389513
IUCN Red List 158221
IPNI 529561-1
iNaturalist 435526
GBIF 2777368
Freebase /m/09gh9t8
EOL 1085371
Wikipedia Aloe_kilifiensis

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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

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