Native records: 1 botanical areas
Ethiopia
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent subshrub / shrub of subtropical climates. Native to Ethiopia.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Ethiopia
- EthiopiaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Csb Temperate, dry summer, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 100 areas worldwide, 99 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Aloe pulcherrima is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.49, right column, line 20
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
Other species in Aloe
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Ethiopia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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