The Aloe Vera is cultivated in countries with tropical and subtropical climate, such as India, Chin

The benefits of aloe have been known for 5000 years. In ancient times, it was called "Herbs of Immortality." One of the most famous reports of concern compartmentalized is that of Christopher Columbus, who wrote: "Four plants are essential to human health: wheat, vines, olive and aloe. The first nourishes him, the second revives the spirit of the third gives it harmony and the fourth cures him. " In 1959, the Food and Drug Administration USA (FDA) confirmed officially the important properties of aloe, thus paving the way for wider use and dissemination.
H aloe belongs to the family Liliaceae. To Genus of more than 350 species, of which only two are important for the cultivation of aloe for therapeutic and kosmitologiki use. H Aloe Ferox Miller grows in South Africa and gives the "aloe the Akrotiri (Cap Aloe), while the Aloe Vera, the only yellow flowers (Aloe Barbadensis Miller) by Western India, compartmentalized gives a product which is known as " aloe of Barbados (Curacao Aloe). The leaves of aloe are thick, juicy and fleshy and can vary widely in size (from 20 to 60 cm). From the center of the plant comes an inflorescence flowers with vivid colors (usually red or pink), depending on the variety of the plant. H aloe vera known for its many healing properties, which were known to the ancient Egyptians, who depicted in hieroglyphics and used it to treat cataracts!
Other species compartmentalized of Aloe are: A. Vulgaris, A. Ferox, A. Perry, grown in Socotra-Zanzibar compartmentalized island since the 5th century BC, but these species are used less due to greater content and hence toxicity of leaves them.
Externally this plant resembles a cactus but belongs to the family Liliaceae (Liliacaeae). Which is well-cactus. In recent years, however, scientists classify a particular category, family Aloaceae. During flowering becomes apparent affinity with plants such as onion, garlic and asparagus.
The mature plant will grow up to a height of 7.5 meters. Is found in relatively warm regions of the earth, and there is abundant in Greece can grow in any part of America, but as a native plant grows primarily in Florida and the coast of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, in Tzorzia, North and South Carolina. compartmentalized The flowers compartmentalized of Aloe Vera have color from light green to red, while they can get and shades ranging from yellow to orange. The color of the sheet can vary from a light green when the plant is small and changes to a deeper green when mature. The shape of the leaves are wide and bayonet. These have spines on both sides with a hard outer shell and inside the shell, core contained a liquid gel, which makes it able to prosper in regions with moderate or low rainfall. This liquid gel helps save water and nutrient for dry periods, respectively, as the cactus. These nutrients that make the plant sought after. compartmentalized
The bark is thin, green and cover the entire leaf surface. Covered by a series of wide epidermoid compartmentalized cells while under the skin are ten rows cuboidal cells. The cortex contains photosynthetic components and there synthesized all natural nutrients found in Aloe.
The subcortical compartmentalized adventitia compartmentalized (sap) consists of periodic fibrous desmidotes projections which run the full length of the sheet and giant cells elongated projecting towards the center. It has yellow color, also called "yellow blood". It has very bitter taste and seems to protect the plant from animals and insects. This is the liquid that runs when you cut the leaf of aloe.
The Aloe Vera is cultivated in countries with tropical and subtropical climate, such as India, China, Latin America, Barbados islands, Jamaica, Aruba, some areas of Mexico, South Africa, Egypt and Taiwan and the last South Korea. In the United States the largest plantations are in the valley of the Rio Grande in Texas while still grown in central and southern Florida. These, however, do not preclude the cultivation and in countries with a Mediterranean climate, such as Greece. The best time for planting compartmentalized is between April and August.
Plantation the aloe Vera planted in rows. Between each row before planting is already irrigation canal while the soil is plowed and fertilized. The plantation is possible to give a satisfactory amount of aloe Vera from the first year. This of course depends on the size of plants to be planted.
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