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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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68 ALOACEAE<br />

Fig 30. Aloe<br />

ruspoliana, from<br />

S<strong>of</strong> Omar in Bale<br />

floristic region.<br />

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

distribution<br />

The species grows on open rocky hillsides in Acacia-<br />

Commiphora bushl<strong>and</strong> between 300 <strong>and</strong> 1000 m in<br />

Sidamo, Bale <strong>and</strong> Harerge floristic regions in <strong>Ethiopia</strong>. It<br />

is also known from Kenya. The main flowering period in<br />

<strong>Ethiopia</strong> is from September to December.

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