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Kumaari (Species 1)


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.

FAMILY 


Asphodelaceae Juss.

OTHER FAMILY:


Aloaceae

CLASSIFICATION


monocot family

GENUS 


Aloe L.

SPECIES


vera (L.) Burm. f. Fl. indica 83. 1768 1 Mar-6 Apr


Plant Description


Succulent perennial herbs. Stem short, producing suckers at the base. Leaves sessile, erect, linear-lanceolate 15-35 x 4-8 cm, glabrous, glaucous, margin sparsely dentate, tip 2-3-dentate. Inflorescence 60-100 cm, erect pedunculate raceme, simple or with 1-2 branches; raceme 30-40 x 5-6 cm. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 9-12 x 5-6 mm, persistent. Flowers reflexed, pedicel about half as long as bract. Perianth 2.5-3 cm long, dull reddish, lobes 6, almost equalling the tube. Ovary trilocular, placentation axile, many ovules in each locule; style elongated, stigma obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule 1.5 cm.

Flowering Period: January-April

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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