Cape Aloes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36720 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.22 ALOACEAE Aloe ferox | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Cape Aloes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Cape Aloes | Geography Description | South Africa | ||
| Uses | Cape AloesUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Cape aloes are procured from several sp of this extensive genus, so peculiar to S Africa. The Aloe ferox Lam. of Swellendam, is generally acknowledged to yield the best extract. The aloe commonly used by the Colonists, is prepared from th, e Aloe plicatilis. Mill. whose extract is a much milder purgative, and much resembles the Barbadoes aloes. It inhabits the mountainous range near the Paarl, Drakenstein, and Fransche Hoek. Kew List and Museum Guide. | ||||