Plant Details

Accepted name:

Aloe ferox Mill. [Asphodelaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aloe	Other, Pharmaceutical	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloe bardadensis	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006)
aloe capensis	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloe capensis extractum siccum	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
aloe curacao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloe del capo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aloe extrato seco	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
aloe pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
aloe socotrina	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
aloe vera	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloe-do-cabo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
aloes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloes dry extract, standardised	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
aloes extractum siccum normatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
aloes fèroce	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloes vrai	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloes, cape	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
alovis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloès	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloès du cap	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
aloès du cape	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloès féroce	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aloès vulgaire	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
aloés	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
aloés du cap	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
azevre	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
barbadoes aloe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
barbadoes aloes	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
barbados aloe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bergaalwyn	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bitter aloe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bitteraalwyn	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cape aloe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cape aloes	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chirukattali	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curacao aloe	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curacao aloes	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curacao alos	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
echte aloe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
gefährliche aloe	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ghai kunwar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghai kunwrar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
gheekuar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghikanvar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghikuar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghikumar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghikumari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghikwar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghiu kumari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghrita kumari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ghritakumari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
grahakanya	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
gwar-patha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
haang takhe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
herba aloe	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
hlaba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ikhala	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
indian aloe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ingxalaba	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jadam	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kaapse aalwyn	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kap'aloe	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kap-aloe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
kapaloe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
korphad	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kumari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kumaro	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kunvar pata	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kunwar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
laloi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
laluwe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lao luhui	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lo-hoei	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lo-hoi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lou-houey	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lu huei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lu hui	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lu wei	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
luchuy	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
luhui	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
manjikattali	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mediterraneanaloe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
murr sbarr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
musabar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
powdered aloe	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
red aloe	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rokai	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sabbara	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
saber	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sabilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sabr	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
saibr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
savila	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
savilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
semper vivum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shubiri	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
siang-tan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sibr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
standardised aloes dry extract	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
star cactus	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sábila	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tuna	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
umhlaba	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
umhlaba.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
waan haang charakhe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
wan-hangchorakhe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yaa dam	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yadam	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
zambila	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
zábila	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
アロエ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
アロエ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
好望角蘆薈	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
老蘆薈	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蘆薈	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried concentrated matter obtained from the juice of the leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf juice		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
	juice	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
leaf	dried juice:fresh plant	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
leaf	dried latex of the leaves	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Dried leaf juice		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
juice of the leaf	dried concentrated matter obtained from the juice of the leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf, exudate		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
leaf	dried juice	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
exudate, gel		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	dried concentrated matter obtained from the juice of the leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
leaf	dried juice	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	dried latex	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
leaf	Standardised dry extract	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	dried juice	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
leaf		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
leaf	extract	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
	dry extract, tincture, juice, powdered drug, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf	dried juice, powder	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
leaf	juice	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
leaf	dried juice	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
leaf	Concentrated and dried juice of the leaves	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
leaf	dried latex of the leaves	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Aloe ferox var. galpinii (Baker) Reynolds J. S. African Bot. 3: 127 (1937).
Aloe ferox var. incurvata Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 180 (1880).
Aloe ferox var. subferox (Spreng.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 180 (1880).
Aloe galpinii Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 135 (1901).
Aloe horrida Haw. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 27 (1804).
Aloe pallancae Guillaumin Cactus (Paris) 14(63): 132 (1959), no Latin descr.
Aloe perfoliata var. ferox (Mill.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 467 (1789).
Aloe pseudoferox Salm-Dyck Verz. Art. Aloe: 31 (1817).
Aloe subferox Spreng. Syst. Veg., 2: 73 (1825).
Aloe supralaevis Haw. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 22 (1804).
Aloe supralaevis var. erythrocarpa Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 327 (1896).
Busipho ferox (Mill.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 76 (1866), not validly publ.
Pachidendron ferox (Mill.) Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 38 (1821).
Pachidendron pseudoferox (Salm-Dyck) Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 38 (1821).
Pachidendron supralaeve (Haw.) Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 40 (1821).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aloe ferox	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann, 2009) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aloe ferox Mill.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aloe ferox Miller	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)

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