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{{Species page (seed plant)
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|author = (L.) Burm. f.|order = Asparagales|family = Asphodelaceae|genus = Aloe|nb chromosomes = 2n = 14|origin = area of originNorth-East Africa|status = wild or cultivated|english = "Aloe vera"|french = "aloès"
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|title = Uses summary
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|text =*medicinal :**exudate : laxative, purgative, vermifuge**gel : skin affections*gel used in the manufacture of jellies, drinks and ice cream*gel: food supplement*leaves and seeds are consumed as vegetables*ornemental
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File:Aloe vera drawing leaves Bekele-Tessemma Ethiopia.jpg|leaves
File:Aloe vera drawing flowers Bekele-Tessemma Ethiopia.jpg|flowers
File:Aloe vera Flores 2013-5-01 TorreLaMata.jpg|flowers
File:Aloe fields.jpg|Aloe vera cultivation
File:Yaiza Playa Blanca - Calle Las Palmas - Aloe vera 01 ies.jpg|Aloe vera cultivation in Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
File:Split Aloe.jpg|cut leaf showing the gel
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* stemless or short-stemmed plant, stoloniferous
* fleshy lanceolate leaves, 30 to 60 cm long, ending in a fine point, prickly toothed
* inflorescence on a stipe up to 1.2 m, with lanceolate or ovate bracts, pointed
* yellow flowers 2.5 cm long in dense clusters of 10 to 30 cm
* fruit: dehiscent capsule
* black seeds
== Popular names ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|english
|aloe vera, Barbados aloe, coastal aloe, Curaçao aloe, Indian aloe, medicinal aloe, Mediterranean aloe, true aloe, West Indian aloe
|-
|french
||aloès, aloès vulgaire, aloe vera
|-
| guyanese creole
| aloé [lalwès, lalowès] (Pharma. Guyane)
|-
| palikur
| punamna arib (Pharma. Guyane)
|-
|portuguese
|aloés, aloé vera, aloés de Barbados, caraguatá, erva babosa, babosa, azebre vegetal
|}
== Classification ==
''Aloe vera'' (L.) Burm. f. (1768) (between March 1st and April 6th)
basionym :
*''Aloe perfoliata'' var. ''vera'' L. (1753)
synonyms :
*''Aloe barbadensis'' Mill. (1768) (April 16th, after Burman)
*''Aloe indica'' Royle (1840), nom. nud.
== Cultivars ==
== History ==
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File:Aloê 15r Dioscoride Vienne.png|aloê folio 15r, [[Dioscoride: Codex vindobonensis#Aloe|Dioscoride, ''Codex Vindobonensis Med. Gr. I'']]
File:Kadanaku 11-3 Rheede 1692.png|kadanaku vol. 11 pl. 3 [[Rheede, illustrations|Rheede 1692, ''Hortus malabaricus'']]
File:Flore médicale des Antilles, ou, Traité des plantes usuelles (Pl. 130) (8203076070).jpg|Descourtilz, 1822, ''Medicinal Flora of the West Indies''
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== Uses ==
{{Blockquote
|text=In addition to its laxative properties, this species is employed for dyeing.
The harvest of the "aloes" is described in CHOPRA ''et al.'' (1960) : "après avoir pratiqué une incision sur une feuille tournée vers le bas, il s'en échappe un liquide jaunâtre qui forme, fréquemment, de petites masses vasculaires. Concentré puis solidifié, par refroidissement, ce liquide fournit le produit commercial appelé aloes".
Translation : after making an incision on a leaf turned downwards, a yellowish liquid escapes from it, which frequently forms small vascular masses. When concentrated and then solidified by cooling, this liquid provides the commercial product called aloes
The "juice" from the leaves of this Liliaceae with anthracene heterosides is used in medicine as "laxative and purgative" (PARIS and DILLEMAN, 1960; PARIS and MOYSE, 1967). These properties of '' Aloe vera '' (ar. = Sabara) are also reported by LEMORDANT '' et al. '' (1977).
The leaves of "aloes" are possibly used in mixture with henna in the region of Zarzis in order to obtain a "dye" of wool of beige shade (COUSTILLAC, 1958).
| author = [[Liliaceae (Le Floc'h, 1983) #Aloe vera | Le Floc'h, 1983, '' Ethnobotanique tunisienne '', 64]]
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{{Blockquote
|text=Since about 1650 it has been cultivated for drug production on Barbados isl. Frequently cultivated and locally naturalized in subtropical and tropical regions around the world. The drug is processed from the bitter, yellow leaf sap by drying. It is used in the human and veterinary medicine; it is also important as constituent of cremes, emulsions and shampoo. A dye is produced from the leaves which is used for staining clothes. The species plays a role in magic and religious rituals in several countries. Also cultivated as hedge plant and ornamental. Intensive studies are underway on its secondary metabolites, useful for medicine. This species had been used as drug already in the antiquity. It had been presumably brought into the New World by the Spaniards. Agarwal (1988) mentioned ''A. abyssinica'', called "desi kwar", to be used in western parts of India. This is, indeed not this species but a variety of ''A. barbadensis''.
|author =Mansfeld.
}}
== References ==
*Bekele-Tesemma, Azene, 2007. ''Useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia. Identification, propagation and management for 17 agroclimatic zones''. Nairobi, ICRAF - RELMA. 550 p. (''Technical Manual'' 6). [[:en:Aloe vera (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)|Voir l'article]]
*Chauvet, Michel, 2018. [[Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires|''Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires'']]. Paris, Belin. 880 p. (p. 82)
*Grenand, Pierre ; Moretti, Christian ; Jacquemin, Henri & Prévost, Marie-Françoise, 2004. ''Pharmacopées traditionnelles en Guyane. Créoles, Wayãpi, Palikur''. 2e édition revue et complétée. Paris, IRD. 816 p. (1ère éd.: 1987). [[Aloe vera (Pharmacopées en Guyane)|Voir sur Pl@ntUse]].
*TRAMIL, ''Pharmacopée végétale caribéenne'', éd. scient. L. Germosén-Robineau. 2014. 3e éd. Santo Domingo, Canopé de Guadeloupe. 420 p. Voir sur [[Aloe vera (TRAMIL)|Pl@ntUse]]
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