Table 2.

The unique uses of Aloes in the study area with reference to ethnic group. The uses are categorized into seven groups of use. Species are presented sequential from the most to the least used. K-Kamba, Ki-Kikuyu, Kii-Kisii, Ma-Maasai, Mb-Mbeere, Sa-Samburu, So-Somali, T- Taita, Tu- Tugen

Medicinal, humans	Ethnic group	Medicinal, livestock	Ethnic group	Fodder	Ethnic group	Fencing, soil conservation	Ethnic group	Local brew	Ethnic group	Cosmetic	Ethnic group	Other	Ethnic group
A. aageodonta L.E.Newton
High blood pressure	K	chicken coughs	K									termite resistant	K
Syphilis	K											ornamental	K
Gonorrhoea	K											lethal	K
Malaria	K
Diaphragm	K
A. ballyi Reynolds
												poisonous	Ta
												ornamental	Mb
A. chrysostachys Lavranos & L.E.Newton
Malaria	Mb	Cattle wounds, fly repellent	Mb			Boundaries	Mb	Miti dawa	Mb
Pneumonia	K	Chicken cough	K
Diaphram	K
A. deserti A. Berger
Arthritis	Ma	chicken cough	K									Ornamental	Ma
Chest pain	K	chicken diarrhoea	K
Gonorrhoea	Ma	chicken, bile treatment	T
Malaria	K	goats, general treatment	K
Pneumonia	Ma
Retarded growth	Ma
Tongue, inflammation	T
A. elata S.Carter & L.E.Newton
												ornamental	Ma
A. fibrosa Lavranos & L.E.Newton
												ornamental	Ka
A. kedongensis Reynolds
Typhoid	Ma			browsed by goats during drought	Ma	fences, hedging	Ma, Ka	Miti dawa	Ma			ornamental	Ma
Sexually transmitted diseases	Ma											decoration of sisal basket	Tu
Malaria	Ma, Ka, Ki
Vomiting	Ma
Diarrhoea	Ma
A. lateritia Engl.
Burns	Tu	Chicken diseases	K, T, Tu	Browsed by goats (/during drought)	Sa	Demarcating boundaries	Sa	Beer	Ka, Ma, Sa	Hair treatment	Sa	Not supposed to touch	Kii
Coughs	Ma	Chicken anti bodies	Kii	Browsed by sheep	Ma					Oil-glycerine	Sa	Attracts lightening	Kii
Diarrhoea	Tu	Goats diarrhoea	K							Skin lotion	Kii	Bed wetting	Tu
Eye infection	Sa	Sheep diarrhoea	K							pimples	Sa	Frost bite	Sa
Eye, allergy	Ki
Eye, used when poison enters	Sa
Malaria	T
Pneumonia	Ma
Ringworm	Ki, Kii, Sa
Skin disorders	K, Kii, Tu
Sleeping sickness	Tu
Stomach ache	Ki
Typhoid	Ma
A. morijensis S.Carter & Brandham
Pneumonia	Ma			Browsed by goats	Ma
Ear alignment	Ma			browsed by sheep	Ma
Medicinal, humans	Ethnic group	Medicinal, livestock	Ethnic group	Fodder	Ethnic group	Fencing, soil conservation	Ethnic group	Local brew	Ethnic group	Cosmetic	Ethnic group	Other	Ethnic group
A. morijensis (cont.)
Skin itchy	Ma
Vomiting	Ma
Malaria	Ma
A. ngongensis Christian
Back ache	Ma			Browsed by goats	Ma	Boundaries	Ma	Beer	Ma
Burns	Ma			Browsed by sheep	Ma	Fences, hedging	Ma
Diarrhoea	Ma			Browsed by camels	Ma
Ear alignment	Ma
Gonorrhoea	Ma
Itchy skin	Ma
Malaria	Ma
Pneumonia	Ma
Skin disorders	K, Ma
Stomach ache	Ma,
Syphilis	Ma
Ulcer	Ma
Vomiting	Ma
Wounds	Ma
A. nyeriensis Christian in Verd.
Back ache	Sa	Goats diseases, general	Sa	Browsed by camels	Sa	Fences, hedges	Sa
Chest pain	Sa			Browsed by goats	Sa
Clean blood	Sa
Eye infection	Sa
Gonorrhoea	Sa
Release bladder	Sa
Wounds	Sa
Medicinal, humans	Ethnic group	Medicinal, livestock	Ethnic group	Fodder	Ethnic group	Fencing, soil conservation	Ethnic group	Local brew	Ethnic group	Cosmetic	Ethnic group	Other	Ethnic group
A. scabrifolia L.E.Newton & Lavranos
												Gums for arrows	Ma
A. secundiflora Engl.
Arthritis	Ma	Cattle disease, general	Sa	Goats browsing bark	Ma	Boundaries	Ma	Beer	Ma, Sa	Skin lotion	So	Goats die with eating	Sa
Backache	Ma	Cattle wounds, fly repellent	Mb	Eaten by livestock during drought	Sa, So	Demarcating roads	Ma	Miti dawa	T	Soap	T	Inflorescence eaten by children	Ma
Bile problems	Ma	Cattle, eye infection	Sa, So			Fences, hedging	Ma					Killing brown ticks	Tu
Burns	Ma, So	Chicken cough	K, Mb, T			Soil erosion	Ma					Ornamental	K, Ma, T
Cold, flue, coughs, Chest problems	K, Ma, Sa, So	Chicken white droppings/diarrhoea	K, So									Poison for arrows	K
Diabetes	So	Chicken, remove mite	K									Ritual	Ma
Diarrhoea, induce	Ma, T	Goats diarrhoea	K, Ma, Sa, So
Diarrhoea, stopping of	Ma	Goat disease, general	K
Eye infection, Trachoma conjunctivitis	Ma, Sa	Sheep's diarrhoea	K
Gonorrhoea	Ma
Headache	Ma
High blood pressure	So
Infections, cleaning of	Sa
Itchy skin	So
Kidney problems	Ma
Liver problems	K
Malaria	K, Ma, Mb, Sa, So, T, Tu
Medicinal, humans	Ethnic group	Medicinal, livestock	Ethnic group	Fodder	Ethnic group	Fencing, soil conservation	Ethnic group	Local brew	Ethnic group	Cosmetic	Ethnic group	Other	Ethnic group
A. secundifloracont.
Oral thrush	Tu
Pain relief	K
Pancreas, swelling of	K
Peptic ulcer	K
Pneumonia	K, Mb, Sa, Tu
Rachitis	K
Ringworm	K, So, T
Stiff muscles	K
Stomach ache, Diaphragm problems	Ma, Sa, K, T
Swelling of legs	K, Ma
Tuberculosis	Ma
Typhoid	Ma
Ulcer, boils	K, So, Tu
Vomiting	Ma, So,
Wounds (cleaning fresh -)	Ma, Sa, T
A. volkensii Engl.
Pneumonia	Ma	east coast fever, goats	Ma	browsed by goats	Ma	boundaries	Ma	Beer	Ma			gums for arrows	Ma
		wounds, cattle	Ma			fences, hedging	Ma
						wind breaking	Ma
A. ukambensis Reynolds
Diaphragm	K	chicken diseases	K
Malaria	K