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<big>''[[Aloe flexilifolia]]'' Christian</big>

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:Protologue: Journ. S. African Bot. 8(2): 167 (1942).

:Family: Asphodelaceae

== Origin and geographic distribution ==

''Aloe'' comprises about 450 species in Africa and Arabia, of which c. 315 occur in mainland Africa, c. 100 are endemic to Madagascar or the Indian Ocean islands (including the former ''Lomatophyllum'') and c. 50 occur in Arabia. ''Aloe flexilifolia'' belongs to a group of species with decumbent, sprawling or pendulous stems. Several other East African species in this group have medicinal uses. The leaf sap of ''Aloe carolineae'' L.E.Newton is used in Kenya to cure eye disorders. ''Aloe pulcherrima'' M.G.Gilbert & Sebsebe, which is endemic to central Ethiopia, is used medicinally and has become scarce in the wild due to harvesting, but is increasingly cultivated in gardens. According to CITES, ''Aloe scabrifolia'' L.E.Newton & Lavranos from Kenya is threatened as a result of overexploitation for medicinal use and exudate extraction; the leaf exudate is brown and contains much aloin A. The So people of Uganda use the exudate of ''Aloe wilsonii'' Reynolds from north-western Kenya and north-eastern Uganda externally to cure eye infections, headache and body pains, while an infusion of the whole plant is taken as an emetic; pounded roots and leaves are applied to aching teeth. The leaf exudate is yellow and turns brownish when drying.

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