Aloevera - 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.
