Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aloe ferox Mill. [Asphodelaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aloe	Other, Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloe bardadensis	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006)
aloe capensis	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloe capensis extractum siccum	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
aloe curacao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloe del capo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aloe extrato seco	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
aloe exudatum siccum	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
aloe pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
aloe socotrina	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
aloe vera	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloe-do-cabo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
aloes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloes do cabo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
aloes dry extract, standardised	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
aloes extractum siccum normatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
aloes fèroce	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloes vrai	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloes, cape	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
alovis	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloès	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloès du cap	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
aloès du cape	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloès féroce	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aloès vulgaire	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
aloés du cap	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
azevre	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
barbadoes aloe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
barbadoes aloes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
barbados aloe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
bergaalwyn	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
bitter aloe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013)
bitteraalwyn	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cape aloe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cape aloes	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirukattali	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
curacao aloe	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
curacao aloes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
curacao alos	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
echte aloe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
gefährliche aloe	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ghai kunwar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghai kunwrar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
gheekuar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghikanvar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghikuar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghikumar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghikumari	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghikwar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghiu kumari	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghrita kumari	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ghritakumari	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
grahakanya	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
gwar-patha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
haang takhe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
herba aloe	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
hlaba	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ikhala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian aloe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ingxalaba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jadam	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kaapse aalwyn	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kap'aloe	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kap-aloe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
kapaloe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
korphad	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kumari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kumaro	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kunvar pata	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kunwar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
laloi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
laluwe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
lao luhui	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lo-hoei	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
lo-hoi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
lou-houey	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
luchuy	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
luhui	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
manjikattali	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mediterraneanaloe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
murr sbarr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
musabar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
powdered aloe	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
red aloe	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rokai	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sabbara	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
saber	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sabilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sabr	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
saibr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
savila	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
savilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
semper vivum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
shubiri	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
siang-tan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sibr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
standardised aloes dry extract	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
star cactus	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sábila	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tuna	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
umhlaba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
waan haang charakhe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
wan-hangchorakhe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yaa dam	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yadam	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
zambila	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
zábila	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
アロエ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
アロエ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 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)
芦荟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芦荟叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芦荟根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
leaf	leaf juice	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
	juice	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
leaf	dried juice, fresh plant	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
leaf	dried latex of the leaves	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
leaf	dried leaf juice	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
leaf	juice of the leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf	leaf gel	Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013)
leaf, exudate		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
latex of the leaves		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
folhas	exsudato seco, suco espesso obtido das folhas	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
leaves	dried juice of the leaves mainly	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
leaf	dried juice	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
exudate, gel		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	dried concentrated matter obtained from the juice of the leaf	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
leaf	dried juice	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	dried latex	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
leaf		European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	dried juice	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
leaf		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
	juice	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf	dried juice	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
leaf	juice	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
leaf		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
leaf	Concentrated and dried juice of the leaves	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
leaf	dried latex of the leaves	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)

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

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., ed. 16. 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	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aloe ferox Mill.	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aloe ferox Miller	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Aloe spp. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
Aloe ferox Miller,	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)

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