Aloe vera (L.) Burm f.

Spice Inflorescence

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Aloe

Catalan common name: Atzavara.

Spanish common name: Aloe. Pita zabila.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Castelló. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Africa

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Rocky coastlines. Garden plants. Cultivated specie and sometimes subespontaneous.

Characteristics: A well known plant used for its medicinal properties. Resembles a cactus due to its succulent leaves, although it does not belong to this family. Leaves that emerge from the ground form a rosette, are glacous to greyish in colour and remain fairly erect, up to half metre in height; the inflorescence is a spike with yellow flowers.