Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aloe succotrina Weston [Asphodelaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
babosa	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
bole-siyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gikowar	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
intupolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irulapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iyankolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jadam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kacappolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappuppolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kariyapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katticcennayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirusnapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisnapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittinapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maippolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makkikkarrala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makkikkattazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pauttirapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
polam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sabila	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
sabir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sibr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sibr-sagotari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turakakalabanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vainakapolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vainakappolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, stem, root		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aloe purpurascens (Aiton) Haw. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 7: 20 (1804).
Aloe soccotrina Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: 102 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Aloe vera Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 15 (1768), nom. illeg.
Aloe perfoliata var. purpurascens Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 466 (1789).
Aloe perfoliata var. succotrina (Weston) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 466 (1789).
Aloe sinuata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 187 (1799), nom. illeg.
Aloe sinuata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 61 (1794).
Aloe soccotorina Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 701 (1829), orth. var.
Aloe succotrina var. purpurascens (Aiton) Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 36: t. 1474 (1812).
Aloe succotrina var. saxigena A.Berger in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 38: 283 (1908).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aloe purpurascens Haworth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aloe soccotrina DC.	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Aloe soccotrina DC.Babosa	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Aloe socotrina	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aloe socotrina Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aloe succotrina Lam.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aloe succotrina Weston	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aloe vera L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aloe vera Nill.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)

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