Aloe vera
ಲೋಳೆ ಸರग्वारपाठाఅలోవెరా
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 53 cm
Asphodelaceae
Also called Aloe, Barbados aloe
Formerly Aloe barbadensis, Aloe chinensis, Aloe elongata, Aloe flava, and 4 more
When it flowers
Flowers July to March in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. Oman (Hajar Mts.)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension full, part; Wikipedia full
- Height
- 61 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–2 ft; Wikipedia 60–100 cm
- Spread
- 30 cm to 76 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension orange, red, yellow; Wikipedia yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -6.6 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -1.1 °C; Wikipedia -12.2 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Crown of thornsFlowers April to June, when this does not
Giant milkweedFlowers April to June, when this does not
Mealycup sageFlowers April to June, when this does not
Rush milkweedFlowers April to June, when this does not
Cochineal Nopal CactusFlowers April to June, when this does not
Erect Prickly PearFlowers April to June, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Indonesian
- Lidah Buaya
- Spanish
- sábila, Sábila de Arabia, Aloe de Barbados
- Portuguese
- Aloé vera, Babosa
- Chinese
- 庫拉索蘆薈, 蘆薈, 库拉索芦荟
- root
- bito-xha, tsajpsats, Ilat baya
- myn
- humpets'k'in-ki
- Bulgarian
- Алое вера
- Estonian
- Harilik aaloe
- Hungarian
- Orvosi aloé
- Russian
- Алоэ настоящее
- Turkish
- Tıbbi sarısabır, Sarı Sabır
- Vietnamese
- Lô hội
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Aloe vera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.