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Botanical name: Aloe barbadensis

Aloe vera

Healing power:
to treat
- minor burns,
- minor cuts,
- insect bites,
- sunburn,
- wrinkles,
to use as
- lubricant,
- laxative

How to use:
Split fresh leaves. The gel you apply on the skin.

Description of the plant:
Aloe vera is perennial, cannot withstand frost and reaches a height up to 1,00 m.
Aloe vera is good to be handled as house plant. The location should be sunny. The plant needs a normal soil, better dry than damp.
The natural habit of Aloe vera is East- and Southafrika. Aloe vera also grows in the mediterranean area and in India.

Propagation:
By layers and seeds.

Ingredients:
Aloin, resin, bitter constituents