Aloe officinalis — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asphodelaceae/Aloe

At a glance

Occurrence records9

Data sources5

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Aloe officinalis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF9 records

01Narrative

Aloe officinalis ist eine Pflanzenart der Gattung der Aloen in der Unterfamilie der Affodillgewächse (Asphodeloideae). Das Artepitheton officinalis stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet ‚medizinisch genutzt‘.Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3, S. 171.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Size & morphology1

Plant height0.6 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formsucculent perennial

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Succulenceyes

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Aloe officinalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Anthraquinones and anthrones1

Documented compounds1 total

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
Chrysophanol		present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type9 records

Wild obs. + sensor5

Museum / vouchered1

Other3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO24 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
BDBClocation not on record	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown