Asphodelaceae
Aloe vera
Aloe vera
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
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Common names
By language (88)
- aeb
- مروصبر
- Amharic
- ሬት
- Arabic
- صبر حقيقي, ألوة فيرا, الألوة فيرا, الصبر, المقر, صباره
- Armenian
- Հալվե իսկական
- arz
- صبر حقيقى
- Assamese
- চাল-কুঁৱৰী, এল' ভেৰা, এলো ভেৰা, এলোভেৰা, চাল কুঁৱৰী
- azb
- آلوئهورا
- Azerbaijani
- Əsl əzvay
- ban
- Lidah buaya
- Bangla
- ঘৃতকুমারী
- Bhojpuri
- ढेंकुआरि
- Bulgarian
- Алое вера
- Burmese
- ရှားစောင်းလက်ပတ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 美國蘆薈
- Catalan
- Àloe vera, Atzavara vera, Àloe, Àloe de Barbados, Àloe de Curaçao
- Chinese
- 库拉索芦荟, 吉拉索蘆薈, 庫拉索蘆薈, 芦荟, 芦考广（斑纹芦荟）, 芦荟叶, 芦荟根, 芦荟花
- Danish
- Læge-aloe, Lægealoe
- Dutch
- Aloë vera, AloeVera, Aloë barbadensis
- English
- Aloe vera, Barbados aloe
- Esperanto
- Aloo vera, Vera aloo
- Estonian
- Harilik aaloe
- Filipino
- A vera, A. vera, Alo bera, Alo vera, Alo-bera, Alobera, Aloeng medisinal, Aloevera
- Finnish
- Lääkeaaloe, Aloë vera, Rohtoaaloe
- French
- Aloès vera, Aloé Vera
- frr
- Echt Aloe
- Galician
- Áloe vera
- Ganda
- Ekigaji ddagala
- German
- Echte Aloe, Curacao-Aloe, Wüstenlilie
- gor
- Dila lo huwayo
- Greek
- Αλόη η γνησία, Αλόη βέρα
- Gujarati
- કુંવારપાઠું
- Haitian Creole
- Pye lalwa
- Hausa
- Alobera
- Hebrew
- אלוורה, אלוי אמיתי
- Hindi
- घृत कुमारी, अलो वेरा, एलोवेरा, ग्वारपाठा, घृतकुमारी
- hsb
- Prawy alowej
- Hungarian
- Orvosi aloé, Barbadosi aloé
- Indonesian
- Lidah buaya
- Irish
- An t-aló íceach
- Japanese
- アロエベラ, アロエ・ベラ, アロエ・ヴェラ
- Javanese
- Ilat baya
- Kannada
- ಲೋಳೆ ಸರ
- Kazakh
- Алоэ вера
- kea
- Babósa
- Korean
- 알로에 베라
- lah
- کوار گندࢦ
- Latvian
- Alveja, Īstā alveja
- lbe
- Алоэ
- Macedonian
- Вистинска алоја, Алое вера
- Maithili
- घृत कुमारी
- Malagasy
- Alovera
- Malay
- Lidah buaya
- Malayalam
- കറ്റാർവാഴ, കറ്റാർ വാഴ, കറ്റുവാഴ, കുമാരി
- min
- Lidah buayo
- nah
- Caxtillān mexcalmetl
- Nepali
- घिउ कुमारी
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Aloë vera
- nr
- Umarobazi'bkhali
- Occitan
- Àloe vera
- Odia
- ଘିକୁଆଁରୀ
- pcm
- Alovera, Ewe erin
- Persian
- شبیار, آلو ورا, آلوئه ورا, آلوئهورا, آلوئهٔ ورا, آلوورا, الو ورا, الوئه ورا
- Polish
- Aloes zwyczajny
- Portuguese
- Babosa, Acemannan, Aloé
- ppl
- Sabilaj
- Punjabi
- ਕੁਆਰ ਗੰਦਲ
- Russian
- Алоэ вера, Алоэ настоящее
- Sanskrit
- घृतकुमारी, अश्वत्थः
- Serbian
- Обична алоја, A. barbadensis Mill., A. vulgaris Lam., Aloë barbadensis Miller, Алое вера, Алоје вера, Права алоја
- Serbian (Latin)
- Obična aloja, Aloje vera, Prava aloja
- sgs
- Alėjuošios
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈယႃႈလိၼ်ႉငိူၵ်ႈ, တူၼ်ႈဝၢၼ်ငူးႁဝ်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈၶွၼ်ႉသၵ်ႉၽီလူး
- Sindhi
- ڪنوار ٻوٽي, ايريال, ايلو ويرا, پٽ ڪنوار
- Sinhala
- කෝමාරිකා
- Slovak
- Aloa pravá
- Slovenian
- Prava aloja
- Spanish
- Savila, Sávila
- Sundanese
- Lidah buaya
- Swedish
- Äkta aloe, Aloevera, Aloë vera, Såraloe
- tcy
- ಙೋಳಿಸರ
- Telugu
- కలబంద, అలోవెరా
- Thai
- ว่านหางจระเข้
- Tongan
- ʻAloe
- Turkish
- Tıbbi sarısabır
- Ukrainian
- Алое барбадоське, Алое вера, Алое справжнє
- Urdu
- کوار گندل
- Vietnamese
- Lô hội, Nha đam
- wuu
- 费拉芦荟
Synonyms
- Aloe barbadensis Mill.
- Aloe barbadensis var. chinensis Haw.
- Aloe chinensis Steud.
- Aloe elongata Murray
- Aloe flava Pers.
- Aloe indica Royle
- Aloe lanzae Tod.
- Aloe maculata Forssk.
- Aloe perfoliata var. barbadensis (Mill.) Aiton
- Aloe perfoliata var. vera L.
- Aloe rubescens DC.
- Aloe variegata Forssk.
- Aloe vera var. chinensis (Steud. ex Baker) Baker
- Aloe vera var. lanzae Baker
- Aloe vera var. littoralis J.Koenig ex Baker
- Aloe vulgaris Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to May (from 123 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: thalia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: johnmurtaugh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
FlowerPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ametsak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Whole plantPhoto: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Lionsleeps23, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Whole plantPhoto: cosmesi fai da te naturale, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Rafa Glover, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.