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Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
Arabian Peninsula
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

A stemless succulent forming a rosette of thick, serrated grey-green leaves filled with a clear gel long valued for soothing burns. The species is so widely cultivated that no truly wild population is known with certainty.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Aloe
Species
Aloe vera