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Table 1 Ethnotaxonomical naming of Aloe species by nine ethnic groups in Kenya

From: The uses of Kenyan aloes: an analysis of implications for names, distribution and conservation

Scientific name

Language: (linguistic classification)

Local name(s)

Translation

A. aageodonta

Kamba (B)

kiluma

aloe

A. ballyi

Mberee (B)

kithunju

aloe

 

Taita (B)

kipapa

aloe

A. classenii

Taita (B)

kipapa

aloe

A. chrysostachys

Mberee (B)

kithunju

aloe

A. deserti

Kamba (B)

kiluma

 
 

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi lengejonabo

The one legged aloe

A. elata

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi lengejonabo

The one legged aloe

A. fibrosa

Kamba (B)

kiluma

aloe

A. kedongensis

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi

aloe

  

(o)suguroi onyokie

The greyish aloe

  

(o)suguroi olongapeta

The aloe of long post

 

Kikuyu (B)

munywanugu

The aloe eaten by baboons

 

Kisii (B)

omugaka

aloe

 

Tugen-Aror (N)

cheretwo

aloe

A. lateritia

Kamba (B)

Kiluma

aloe

  

Kiluma kila kimaa

The spotted aloe

 

Kikuyu (B)

Kil(/r)uma

aloe

 

Kisii (B)

Omugaka

aloe

 

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi

aloe

 

Samburu (N)

suguroi lekoshe

aloe

  

suguroi mara

The spotted aloe

  

suguroi sambu

The spotted aloe

 

Somali (C)

warabe

aloe

 

Taita (B)

kipapa

aloe

 

Tugen (N)

tangaratweti

aloe

 

Tugen-Aror (N)

cheretwo

aloe

A. morijensis

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi

aloe

  

(o)suguroi lekpo

The aloe of down

A. murina

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi

aloe

A. ngongensis

Samburu (N)

suguroi

aloe

  

suguroi lengejonabo

The one legged aloe

A. ngongensis (cont.)

 

suguroi keri

The purple/ greyish aloe

 

Taita (B)

kipapa

aloe

A. nyeriensis

Samburu (N)

suguroi lodo/yodo

The tall aloe

  

suguroi mara

The spotted aloe

  

suguroi ngare

The aloe of goats

A. penduliflora

Taita (B)

kipapa

aloe

A. scabrifolia

Samburu (N)

suguroi

aloe

A. secundiflora

Kikuyu (B)

Kil(/r)uma

aloe

 

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi

aloe

  

(o)suguroi kianwan

The real aloe

  

(o)suguroi kirimo

The spotted aloe

  

(o)suguroi lengiok

The large leaved aloe

  

(o)suguroi lenesho/lenaisho

aloe of beer

  

(o)suguroi lenkejunabo

The one legged aloe

  

(o)suguroi onyori

The green aloe

  

(o)suguroi orok

The short aloe

  

lnkoisikirianchoi

aloe

 

Mbeere (B)

githunju/kithunju

aloe

 

Samburu (N)

suguroi

aloe

  

suguroi mara

The spotted aloe

  

suguroi orok/yorok

The black aloe

 

Somali (C)

dahr

aloe

 

Taita (B)

kipapa

aloe

 

Tugen-Aror (N)

cheretwo

aloe

A. ukambensis

Kamba (B)

kiluma

aloe

  

kiluma kya ivia

The aloe of the rock

A. vituensis

Samburu (N)

no name

 

A. volkensii

Maasai (N)

(o)suguroi

aloe

  

(o)suguroi lombokishi

The aloe of long post

  1. Species in bold are endemic to Kenya. Linguistic classifications C Cushitic, N Nilotic and B Bantu