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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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222 COLCHICACEAE<br />

Habitat <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution<br />

short style c. 0.2 mm long <strong>and</strong> 3­branched stigma. Capsule obovoid<br />

to oblong, 7–17 mm long. Seeds many, brown, each ± globose, 2–3<br />

× 2–3 mm.<br />

The species grows in Acacia-Commipho ra-Terminalia<br />

bushl<strong>and</strong>/woodl<strong>and</strong>, on li me stone slopes with s<strong>and</strong>y soil<br />

between 850 <strong>and</strong> 1650 m in Harerge <strong>and</strong> Sidamo floristic<br />

regions. It also occurs in Somalia, Kenya, <strong>and</strong> northern<br />

Tanzania. The main flowering period in <strong>Ethiopia</strong> is from<br />

April to May; also from October to December.

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