Abstract
A loe belongs to the Liliaceae family. The name is derived from the Arabic “alloeh”, which is the name used by the natives of eastern Africa, where the plant was first cultivated. The genus comprises about 300 perennial species (Reynolds 1985), native to both eastern and southern Africa. The juice from the leaves of certain species yields a medical substance, the “aloe” drug. The drug was found cited in Ebers’ papyrus and in the works of Dioscorides. Various species were introduced into and cultivated in the dry area of Africa, in the mountains of tropical Africa, in the Antilles, in India, and in the Mediterranean basin.
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Cavallini, A., Natali, L., Castorena Sanchez, I. (1991). Aloe barbadensis Mill. (= A. vera L.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84071-5_6
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