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''Aloe kedongensis'' (the "Kenyan Aloe") is a species of
''Aloe kedongensis'' branches from the base to form thick clumps of stems, each up to 4 meters long, and either erect or sprawling on the ground.
The slender leaves (60 cm long, 3.5 cm wide) are recurved and without any markings (though the leaves of very young plants often have occasional white blotches on them).
The 50 cm tall inflorescence sometimes has a branch or two, with cylindrical racemes. The tubular flowers are red, 3β4 cm long, and born on 2β3 cm pedicels. The tips of the flower lobes curve outwards.
The Plant List entry
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aloe
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which occurs in Kenya
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and northern Tanzania
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Along with '' Aloe dawei'' and '' Aloe rivae'', it is very commonly used for hedges in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
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Description
''Aloe kedongensis'' branches from the base to form thick clumps of stems, each up to 4 meters long, and either erect or sprawling on the ground.
The slender leaves (60 cm long, 3.5 cm wide) are recurved and without any markings (though the leaves of very young plants often have occasional white blotches on them).
The 50 cm tall inflorescence sometimes has a branch or two, with cylindrical racemes. The tubular flowers are red, 3β4 cm long, and born on 2β3 cm pedicels. The tips of the flower lobes curve outwards.
Genetics and relatives
''Aloe kedongensis'' is atetraploid
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of ( homologous) chromosomes. Most species whose cells have nuclei (eukaryotes) are diploid, meaning they have two sets of chromosomes, where each set contains ...
, with four sets of chromosomes. It is part of a unique group of closely related tetraploid aloes in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
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, which all share a recent common ancestor, and occur near to each other in a variety of habitats within the region. The other five species of this group are:Reynolds, T. ''Aloes: The genus Aloe''. CRC Press, 2004.
* '' Aloe cheranganiensis''
* '' Aloe dawei'' (distinguished by its shorter .4 cmpedicels, shorter .5 cmperianths, and wider β9 cmleaves)
* '' Aloe elgonica'' (distinguished by its longer cmperianth, and wider cmleaves)
* '' Aloe ngobitensis'' (distinguished by its wider cmleaves)
* ''Aloe nyeriensis
''Aloe nyeriensis'' is a succulent aloe plant species, endemic to Kenya.
It grows from 1β3 metres tall, and sends up an inflorescence on a flowering stalk from 0.5 to 0.8 metres tall, densely packed with red flowers. ''A''. ''nyeriensis'' g ...
'' (distinguished by its wider cmleaves, longer cmperianth, more branched inflorescence, and shorter .5 cmpedicels)
References
The Plant List entry
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