Naturalised
short-stemmed , succulent perennial ; up to 1 . 5 m tall , usually forming dense clumps with yellow sap . Stems decumbent , to 50 cm . Leaves succulent , 15-20 in a tight rosette , ascending to erect , grey-green , often with a few pale spots low down , with a smooth surface , lanceolate , tapering to a point , to 60 cm long and 7 cm broad at base , margins with white delolate , 3 mm long , 5-10 mm apart . Inflorescences erect , 100-140 cm , with 2-3 branches from about the middle ; racemes cylindrical , rather densely flowered , to 25 cm long ; bracts deltoid , 6-8 x 3 . 5 mm ; pedicels 7 mm long . Flowers numerous , sharply deflexed , tubular , yellow/red ; perianth segments yellow (sometimes red) , glabrous , 30-32 mm ; outer and inner perianth segments connate for about a third to half their length . Fruit capsule , oval , many seeded . Sap yellow , drying yellow-brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Not Threatened (NT)
Frequent
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Aloe barbadensis Mill.
Aloe chinensis Loudon
Aloe indica Royle
Aloe vulgaris Lam.
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Aloe
Aloe Vera
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The inner flesh of the succulent leaves is taken orally to treat a condition of body dehydration. It is also consumed as a treament for diabetes. The gel is applied over skin burns or feet cracks. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387.
*https://en.wikipedia.org
*Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088.
*Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778.
*Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z.
*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
*Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J.
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