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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Asparagus scaberulus<br />

Fig. 126.<br />

Asparagus<br />

scaberulus from<br />

Sidamo floristic<br />

region.<br />

ASPARAGUS 293<br />

3800 m, <strong>and</strong> it is widespread in <strong>Ethiopia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Eritrea</strong>. It<br />

is also common from the Sudan <strong>and</strong> Somalia to South<br />

Africa, <strong>and</strong> occurs in Arabia to India. The main flowering<br />

period in <strong>Ethiopia</strong> is from February to May, also from<br />

October to December.<br />

2. Asparagus scaberulus A. Richard<br />

The specific epithet ‘scaberulus’ refers to the short curved<br />

spines on the surface <strong>of</strong> the branches that are rough to<br />

touch. The species was described by A. Richard in 1851<br />

from plants collected in Tigray floristic region by the<br />

French collector, Quartin­Dillon.<br />

The species is related to the widespread A. africanus,<br />

but easily distinguished by the flexible longer cladodes,

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