Aloe vera -kumari
Botanical Name— Aloe vera Linn.
Family- LILIACEAE
Names in different languages
Hindi-Gheekuvar; English- Indian aloe;
Telugu- Kalabanda; Kannada Lolisara;
Malayalam- Kumari; Tamil- Chiruli
Introduction
Kumari is Vrsya, rasayan also hair tonic.
Varieties & adulterants - (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants)
more than 50 species of Aloe it is noticed(but botanical identity is difficult)
1. A. barbadensis
2. A.chinensis .
Morphology
A. barbadensis
A perennial plant with a short stem.
Leaves— 30-60 cm long, erect, crowded in a basal rosette, juicy, glaucous- green, narrow lanceolate, long acuminate, margins with spiny teeth.
Flowers— yellow, in dense racemes terminating the scapes.
Habitat & Distribution
Cultivated throughout India.