Lääkeaaloe – Aloë vera

Stem is up to 30 cm long. Leaves are 16-20 in a dense rosette, erect to slightly spreading. Petioles are absent. Blade is narrowly lanceolate, 40-50 × 6-7 cm, apex acuminate, margins with firm teeth 2 mm long, fleshy, upper surface rather flat, grey-green to pale green, lower surface convex; leaf sap yellowish. Inflorescence is a terminal dense raceme 30-40 × 5-6 cm. Peduncle is simple or sparingly branched above the middle, 60-90 cm tall. Bracts are ovate-acute, up to 1 cm long. Flowers are bisexual, regular, 3-merous. Perianth is tubular, up to 3 cm long, inflated around the ovary, lobes 6, 3 outer lobes acute, 3 inner lobes obtuse, yellow, orange or red. Stamens are 6, exserted. Ovary is superior, style filiform, and stigma head-shaped, exserted. Fruit is a dehiscing capsule, many-seeded. Seeds are c. 7 mm long, dark brown, winged.