Aloe, Cape

Botanical Name

Cape, Aloe capensis, Aloe ferox Miller

Botany

The product is the juice from the secretory cells of the leaves of the aloe plant that has been concentrated and allowed to solidify then processed to powder. The powder is greenish brown and soluble in warm ethanol, partly soluble in boiling water, and practically insoluble in ether and chloroform. The aqueous solution turns red after the addition of alkalis (Bornstrager reaction).

Utilized Botanical Materials

Juice from Leaves

Characteristics

Greenish brown

Strong, distinctive

Bitter, unpleasant

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Harvest Months

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