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Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.: Aloe barbadensis Mill., Aloe barbadensis var. chinensis Haw., Aloe chinensis (Haw.) Baker, Aloe elongata Murray, Aloe flava Pers., Aloe indica Royle, Aloe lanzae Tod., Aloe perfoliata var. barbadensis (Mill.) Aiton, Aloe perfoliata var. vera L., Aloe vera var. chinensis (Haw.) A. Berger, Aloe vera var. littoralis J. Koenig ex Baker, Aloe vulgaris Lam. Aloe rubescens DC.
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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Aloe sp. Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. Asphodelaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_13
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