Table 1.
Ethnotaxonomical naming of Aloe species by nine ethnic groups in Kenya
| 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 |
Species in bold are endemic to Kenya. Linguistic classifications C Cushitic, N Nilotic and B Bantu