Aloe vera
Vernacular names
(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)
Trinidad and Tobago:
- aloe
Barbados:
- aloe
Guadeloupe:
- lalwé
Puerto Rico:
- sábila
Venezuela:
- sábila
Botanical description
Acaulescent or short-stemmed stoloniferous plant. Leaves lanceolate, 30-60 cm in length, long-acuminate, spiny-serrate. Inflorescence on scape of up to 1.2 m long, with sharp lanceolate or ovate bracts; yellow flowers, 2.5 cm long, in dense 10-30 cm long racemes. Dehiscent capsules (fruit), with black seeds.
Voucher(s)
Jiménez,1525,JBSD
Mejía,12,MAPR
Faujour,5,BAR
Delaigue,1,NHTT
Boulogne,TH3,UAG
Pharmacopoeia
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