botanical record · discovered
Bitter Aloes
Aloe vera
Bitter Aloes · Aloe · Aloès vrai, Aloès amer, Mazambron, Aloès curaçao, Aloès des Barbades, Aloès vulgaire · Aloès vrai, Aloès curaçao, Aloès des Barbades, Aloès vulgaire · Aloès vrai, Aloès des Barbades · Aloës · Barbados Aloe · Barbados Aloes · Barbados aloe · Chizia mlili · Common Aloes · Curaçao aloe · Indian aloe · Jaffarabad aloe
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Java, Malaya, Amboina, Venezuela, China, US(FL), Nepal
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alopecia, Aperient, Asthma, Burn
Science studied: ALBUMIN, ALEOSONE, ALOCUTIN-A, ALOE-EMODIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Aloeaceae
Scientific name: Aloe vera
Common names: Bitter Aloes, Aloe, Aloès vrai, Aloès amer, Mazambron, Aloès curaçao, Aloès des Barbades, Aloès vulgaire, Aloès vrai, Aloès curaçao, Aloès des Barbades, Aloès vulgaire, Aloès vrai, Aloès des Barbades, Aloës, Barbados Aloe, Barbados Aloes, Barbados aloe, Chizia mlili, Common Aloes, Curaçao aloe, Indian aloe, Jaffarabad aloe
POWO: 530017-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Java, Malaya, Amboina, Venezuela, China, US(FL), Nepal.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alopecia
- Aperient
- Asthma
- Burn
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Chest
- Congestion
- Eczema
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- Excrescence
- Gonorrhea
- Ache(Head)
- Pregnancy
- Purgative
- Skin
- Stomachic
- Swelling
- Tuberculosis
- Vermifuge
- Laxative
- Convulsion
- Cough
- Fever
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Java
- Malaya
- Amboina
- Venezuela
- China
- US(FL)
- Nepal
Documented cultural uses
- Alopecia
- Aperient
- Asthma
- Burn
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Chest
- Congestion
- Eczema
- Excrescence
- Gonorrhea
- Ache(Head)
- Pregnancy
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- Purgative
- Skin
- Stomachic
- Swelling
- Tuberculosis
- Vermifuge
- Laxative
- Convulsion
- Cough
- Fever
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Alopecia · Java · "
- Aperient · Malaya · "
- Asthma · Amboina · "
- Burn · Malaya · "
- Cancer(Stomach) · Venezuela · "
- Chest · Java · "
- Congestion · Java · "
- Eczema · China · "
- Excrescence · US(FL) · "
- Gonorrhea · Java · "
- Ache(Head) · Java · "
- Pregnancy · Nepal · "
- Purgative · Nepal · "
- Skin · China · "
- Stomachic · China · "
- Swelling · Malaya · "
- Tuberculosis · Java · "
- Vermifuge · China · "
- Laxative · China · "
- Convulsion · China · "
- Cough · Java · "
- Fever · Malaya · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Retraction Note: Therapeutic Potential of Aloe vera and Aloe vera-Conjugated Silver Nanoparticles on Mice Exposed to Hexavalent Chromium. · 2026 source ↗
- Phytochemical Screening, Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Aloe Vera Suppositories · 2026 source ↗
- Anti-inflammatory and protective effects of Aloe vera on intestinal function in zebrafish. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALBUMIN
- ALEOSONE
- ALOCUTIN-A
- ALOE-EMODIN
- ALOENIN
- ALOESIN
- ALOESOL
- ALOETIC-ACID
- ALOETIN
- ALOINOSE
- ALOINOSIDE-A
- ALOINS
- ANTHRACENE
- ANTHRAQUINONE-GLYCOSIDE
- ANTHRAQUINONES
- APOISE
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- L-ASPARAGINE
- BETA-BARBALOIN
- BENZYL-ACETONE
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CASANTHRANOL-I
- CATALASE
- ALPHA-CELLULOSE
- CHOLESTEROL
- CHOLINE
- CHOLINE-SALICYLATE
- CHRYSAMMINIC-ACID
- CHRYSOPHANOL-GLYCOSIDE
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- COBALT
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- COUMARIN
- CREATININE
- 1,8-DIHYDROXYANTHRACENE
- EMODIN
- FAT
- FORMIC-ACID
- FRUCTOSE
- D-GALACTURONIC-ACID
- GLUCOMANNAN
- HEXAURONIC-ACID
- HOMONATALOIN
- 7-HYDROXYALOIN
- HYDROXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE
- IRON
- LIGNIN
- LIPASE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANNOSE
- P-METHOXYBENZYLACETONE
- 2-METHYL-2-PHYTYL-6-CHROMANOL
- 8-METHYL-TOCOL
- MUCILAGE
- MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES
- NIACIN
- NIACINAMIDE
- PECTIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- POLYPHENOLS
- POLYURONIDE
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEINASE
- M-PROTOCATECHUIC-ALDEHYDE
- PTEROYLGLUTAMIC-ACID
- QUINONE
- RESIN
- RHAMNOSE
- RHEIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- THREITOL
- TIN
- URONIC-ACID
- WATER
- XYLOSE
- ARGININE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- ISOLEUCINE
- LEUCINE
- LYSINE
- SERINE
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- ANTHROL
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- GLUCOSAMINE
- HYDROCINNAMIC-ACID
- KILOCALORIES
- SAPONINS
- UREA
- ZINC
- ALIINASE
- ALOE-EMODIN-ANTHRANOL
- ALOESONE
- ALOETINIC-ACID
- ALUMINUM
- ARABINAN
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- CAMPESTEROL
- CASANTHRANOL-II
- CHLORIDE
- CHROMIUM
- CHRYSOPHANOL
- CONIFERYL-ALCOHOL
- DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL)-PHTHALATE
- FOLACIN
- D-GALACTAN
- GLOBULIN
- GLYCEROL
- 7-HYDROXY-CHROMONE
- ISOBARBALOIN
- P-METHOXY-HYDROCINNAMIC-ACID
- NATALOIN
- OXIDASE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROTEIN
- PURINE
- RESITANNOLS
- SAPOGENIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TRIHYDROXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE
- HISTIDINE
- PHENYLALANINE
- VALINE
- HECOGENIN
- SODIUM
- ACEMANNAN
- ALOEFERON
- 7-HYDROXY-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-ALOIN-A
- 7-HYDROXY-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-ALOIN-B
- ANTHRANOL
- ARABINOSE
- ARACHIDIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- ARACHIDONIC-ACID
- ASPARAGINE
- BARBALOIN
- BEHENIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- 4-HYDROXY-3,5-DI-TERT-BUTYL-BENZALDEHYDE
- DODECYL-BENZENE
- TETRADECYLBENZENE
- TRIDECYLBENZENE
- 2(3H)-BENZOTHIAZOLONE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- CHRYSAZIN
- CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID
- CYCLOEICOSANE
- DODECYL-CYCLOHEXANE
- UNDECYL-CYCLOHEXANE
- 1,1,2-TRIPHENYL-CYCLOPROPANE
- CYSTINE
- N-DOCOSANE
- N-EICOSANE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- GALACTOSE
- D-GALACTOSE
- D-GLUCOSE
- N-HENEICOSANE
- HENEICOSANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- HEPTADEC-1-ENE
- N-HEPTADECANE
- N-HEXADECANE
- 15-METHYL-HEXADECANOIC-ACID
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- LAURIC-ACID
- LAURIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- LUPEOL
- GLUCOGALACTOMANNAN
- D-MANNOSE
- MARGARIC-ACID
- MARGARIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- MYRISTIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- NONADEC-1-ENE
- NONADEC-TRANS-5-ENE
- N-NONADECANE
- OCTADEC-1-ENE
- OCTADEC-7-ENOIC-ACID
- OCTADECA-10,13-DIENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- OCTADECA-6,9-DIENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- OCTADECA-9,12-DIENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- N-OCTADECANE
- OLEIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- OLEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- PALMITIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- 9-PROPANOYL-METHOXY-METHYL-PHENANTHRENE
- PHOSPATIDIC-ACID
- DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE
- DIHEPTYL-PHTHALATE
- DIOCTYL-PHTHALATE?
- MONOOCTYLPHTHALATE
- POLYSACCHARIDE
- HYDROXYPROLINE
- 1,1-BIS-(2-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHYL-PHENYL)-2-METHYL-PROPANE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE
- SPHINGOMYELIN
- STEARIC-ACID
- STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- STIGMASTEROL
- SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE
- TRICOSANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- TRIOLEIN
- AMYLASE
- GLUCOSE
- FIBER
- THIAMIN
- GLUTAMINE
- PROLINE
- MANGANESE
- ALANINE
- ALDOPENTOSE
- BRADYKININASE
- D-ARABINOSE
- 8-C-GLUCOSYLCHROMONE-ALOERESIN-B
- FOLIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM-LACTATE
- MANNAN
- STEROIDS
- TANNINS
- ALOE-BARBENDON
- ALOE-CHRYSONE
- DEHYDROABIETAL
- 8-C-GLUCOSYL-7-O-METHYL-(S)-ALOESOL
- 8-C-GLUCOSYL-7-O-METHYL-ALOEDIOL
- 8-C-GLUCOSYL-(S)-ALOESOL
- ALOE-GLYCOPROTEIN
- ALOE-POLYSACCHARIDE
- ALOERESIN-C
- ALOERESIN-D
- ALOERESIN-E
- ALOERESIN-F
- ALOIN
- ALOIN-B
- ALOIN-A
- ISOALOERESIN-D
- ISOALOESOL-D
- NEOALOESIN-A
- 10-HYDROXYALOIN-A
- 7-HYDROXY-8-O-METHYL-ALOIN-A
- 10-HYDROXYALOIN-B
- 7-HYDROXY-8-O-METHYL-ALOIN-B
- BARBALOIN-A
- CYSTEINE
- DECYL-CYCLOHEXANE
- GALACTAN
- ISOCITRIC-ACID
- ELGONICA-DIMER-A
- ELGONICA-DIMER-B
- FERALOLIDE
- 8-[C-BETA-D-[2-O-(TRANS)-CINNAMOYL]-GLUCOPYRANOSYL]-2-[(R)-2-HYDROXYPROPYL]-7-METHOXY-5-METHYL-CHROMONE
- OLIGOSACCHARIDE
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- 3,3'-BIS-P-MENTHANE
- ISORABAICHROMONE
- LYSOPHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- CYCLOOXYGENASE
- -D-GLUCITOL
- GAMOLENIC-ACID
Legality
CITES: Appendix NC
Jurisdictions in the listing: Belize (BZ)
This is an international trade listing, not a complete statement of country-specific law.
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- international_trade_legality · DH-SRC-LEGAL-CITES · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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