| Species | Synonyma | Common name | Parts used | EU Ph. | EMA | The Plant List | USDA | Mansf. | EFSA Comp. | BELFRIT | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloe africana Mill |
Aloe angustifolia Haw. Aloe bolusii Baker Aloe pseudoafricana Salm‐Dyck Pachidendron africanum (Mill.) Haw Pachidendron angustifolium (Haw.) Haw. |
African aloe |
Leaf, leaf gel |
– | X | X | spp | X |
World Health Organization, 1999 Japan Ph US Ph |
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| Aloe arborescens Mill |
A. arborea Medik. A. frutescens Salm‐Dyck A. fruticosa Lam. A. fulgens Tod. A. natalensis J.M. Wood & M.S. Evans A. perfoliatum Meyen A. principis (Haw) Stearn A. salm‐dyckiana Schult. & Schult.f A. sigmoidea Baker. Catevala arborescens (Mill.) Medik. Pachidendron principis Haw |
Candelabra aloe Octopus plant Torch plant |
Leaf, leaf gel |
X | X | X | spp | X | |||
| Aloe ferox Mill |
A. galpinii Baker A. horrida Haw A. muricata Haw. A. pseudoferox Salm‐Dyck A. subferox Spreng A. supralaevis Haw. Pachidendron ferox (Mill.) Haw. Pachidendron pseudoferox (Salm‐ Dyck) Haw Pachidendron supralaeve (Haw.) Haw |
Cape aloe Uganda aloe |
Leaf, leaf gel |
8.0 (2014) 8.3 (2015) |
X | X | X | X | spp | X |
Germany WHO Mon. 1999 Japan Ph US Ph |
| Aloe perryi Baker | – |
Perry's aloe Socotra aloe West indian aloe Zanzibar aloe |
Leaf, leaf gel |
X | X | X | spp | X | |||
| Aloe plicatilis (L.) Mill |
A. lingua Thunb. A. tripetala Medik. Kumara disticha Medik Rhipidodendum distichum (Medik.) Willd. Rhipidodendrum plicatile (L.) Haw. |
Leaf, leaf gel |
X | spp | X | ||||||
| Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f |
A. barbadensis Mill A. chinensis Steud. ex Baker A. elongata Murray A. flava Pers. A. indica Royle A. lanzae Tod. A. rubescens DC A. vulgaris Lam |
Barbados aloe Curaçao aloe Indian aloe Mediterranean aloe |
Leaf, leaf gel |
8.3 (2015) | X | X | X | X | spp | X |
Germany WHO Mon. 1999 Japan Ph US Ph |
Only resolved names and with confidence level 3. spp = Aloe spp (cited as a group); Ph = Pharmacopoeia; EU Ph = European Pharmacopoeia; EMA = European Medicines Agency; The plant List = The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ USDA = United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Available at: https://plants.usda.gov/java/; Mansf. = Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. Available at: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/apex/f?p=185:3::::::#; EFSA Comp. = Compendium of botanicals reported to contain naturally occurring substances of possible concern for human health when used in food and food supplements (2012). Available at https://www.efsa.europa.eu/it/efsajournal/pub/2663; BELFRIT = Harmonised list of Plants allowed in Food supplements by Belgium, France and Italy; WHO Mon. = WHO Monographs on selected medicinal plants (http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/)