Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Asphodelaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.

  • Description

    Species Description - Acaulescent, or nearly so, stoloniferous. Leaves 3-6 dm. long, narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, turgid, very watery within, pale glaucous-green, the marginal spiny teeth 1 cm. apart or less; scape stout, 6-12 dm. high, bearing distant, broad, acute scales; raceme dense, 1-3 dm. long; bracts lanceolate, acute, longer than the short pedicels; flowers yellow, about 2.5 cm. long; stamens about as long as the perianth, the style longer.

  • Distribution

    Coastal rocks, sand plains and dunes, spontaneous after cultivation. Great Exuma, Cat Island. North, East and South Caicos and Salt Cay. Native of the Mediterranean Region, escaped in Bermuda, the West Indies and Central America.Aloes.

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