Aloe vera
Aloe vera
Author : (L.) Burm.f.
Family : Liliaceae
Habit: Herb
Sanskrit: Kumari, Ghrtakumari
English:Indian aloe, Curacao aloe, Barbados aloe, Jaffarabad aloe
Description
A coarse-looking perennial herb, with a short stem and shallow root system, large rosette of thick, succulent, juicy, glaucous-green, narrow-lanceolate, long acuminate, smooth leaves, spiny prickles on the margins, bright yellow or orange, small tubular flowers, in terminal dense racemes and ellipsoid-oblong capsules.
Useful part

Plant juice, elio
Medicinal Uses

amenorrhoea, burns, colic, eye, liver, spleen and skin diseases, constipation, spanomenorrhea, abdominal tumours, helminthiasis in children, inflammation, chronic ulcers, purgative
Major chemical constituents

Hydroxyanthraquinone-barbaloin, G-hydroxyaloin isomers, aloe emodin, chrysophanol, aloeresin B, oleoresin A and C, aloesone