| PlantID | 0041 |
| Botanical Name | Aloe barbadensis |
| Common Name | Gwarpatha |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Liliopsida | | Subclass: | Liliidae | | Order: | Liliales | | Family: | Aloeaceae | | Genus: | Aloe | | Species: | barbadensis |
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| Part used | Fresh leaves and leaf-juice |
| Medicinal Properties | Bitter, sweet, cooling, anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic, stomachic, depurative. |
| Medicinal Use | The leaf-juice is used in dyspepsia, amenorrhoea, burns, colic, hyperadenosis, hepatopathy and skin diseases. Also used for abdominal tumours, dropsy, helminthiasis. |
| Chemistry | Leaves: barbaloin, chrysophanol glycoside and aglycone, aloe-emodin, aloesone and aloesin. |
| Cultivation | Cultivated in drier areas. |
| Regional Habitat | Wildly found in drier part of Rajasthan. |
| Description | A perennial herb with short stem and shallow root system. Leaves: fleshy in rosettes, sessile, very much horny prickles on the margin, convex below, surface pale green; flowers: yellow or orange in racemes; fruits: loculicidal capsule. |
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