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  • COMMON NAME: Aloe
  • ARABIC: صبر، صبار مر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Aloe vera L.
  • SYNONYMS: A. vulgaris
  • FAMILY: ALOACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Cosmectis (C)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Highly salt-tolerant, lives near beaches. It has many uses: ornamental, cosmetic and medicinal uses recognized for centuries. Juice extracted from the leaves is either used by itself or mixed with indigo and applied to treat skin rashes. Used to treat burns and warts. Sap of leaves rubbed on inflamed or irritated s;in to relieve pain. Ground leaves mixed with oil and vinger applied to forehead to relieve headache. Aloe gel is used in many cosmetic. Can also be used as soap substitute.

Green, succulent, perennial plant, up to 1 meter with single erect stem. Leaves fleshy, long, waxy, crowded at the base, lanceolate with pointed tip, mostly
concave, spiny-toothed margins, 20-35cm long, 4-10cm wide. Inflorescence up to 70cm long with many flowers. Bracts short, membranous. Flowers showy,
pendulous, reddish-yellow, 2-3cm long. Perianth petaloid, tubular, 3-veined. Filaments and anthers somewhat exserted. Fruit a capsule, smooth, rounded. Seeds many, small, gray to black

Flowering January-April.
Common in dry places or close to wadis and mountains, it is cultivated as an ornamental in towns.
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