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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



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or seed. Bulbils are modified buds, and appear as small 

 tuberous bodies on the flowering branches, lodged in the 



Sisal plant. Cultivated for fibre in East Africa. 

 The edges of some species are furnished with spines. 



axils below the flowers. They contnin a reserve store 

 of nutritive substances and remain on the flower stalk 



