Aloe Vera has become achieved a prestigious rank in the realm of alternative medicine industries. Aloe Vera is a very useful Herbal plant and used as medicine as well. Also in detail about How to grow Aloe Vera as an herbal plant.

We are going to discuss the origin of this plant. And also elaborate on the process of its cultivation. Later, we will discuss its uses for an herbal remedy. Further, we will describe the numerous profits of Aloe Vera.

We believe that the text about Aloe Vera as Herbal will be very helpful for those people who want to learn the natural source of remedy. So enjoy reading about the Aloe Vera plants and its benefits as herbal medicine.

Aloe Vera as herbal plants

Aloe Vera is a kind of succulent plants. It comes form the kingdom of Plantae. Its family is Xanthorrhoeaceae and its subfamily is Asphodeloideae. Aloe is the name of its genus. According to the book of Diane Gage, there are more than 275 species in the genus Aloe all over the world.

Among all the species, four species are commercially cultivated. The most wanted species is Aloe barbadensis mill. It is a natural healer plant. So there is a vast use of Aloe Vera in the realm of herbal plants.

i) What is the description of the Aloe Vera plant?

Aloe Vera is a member of the lily family though it gives the shape of cactus. We can call it the cousin to garlic, onion, Asparagus, and turnip. The thick, thorn edge leaves ranging in color from grey to bright green. ^[1] There are serrated margins on the leaves.

They have a small whitethorn. In summer the flowers are produced on spike up to 33 inches tall. Each flower remains pendulous, with a yellow tubular corolla 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 inch) long. Typically, an Aloe Vera plant produces two or three yellow tubular flowers.

The anatomy of Aloe Vera leaves has a hidden cuticle. Under the layer, there is an area of chlorenchyma. These are the hidden treasure of this herbal remedy.

 

ii) Where the aloe Vera plants are grown?

It is not easy to differentiate the species of Aloe Vera. It has been widely cultivated throughout the globe. Arabian Peninsula, North African countries like Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan as well as Egypt and their continental countries along with Cape Verde, Canary and Madeira Islands are the place of occurring naturalized stands of Aloe Vera.

At present aloe, Vera is massively cultivated in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Lankan, and the southern part of Asia. In North-America, it gained popularity. People of Florida and Texas and other tropical and subtropical countries are come ahead to cultivate Aloe Vera as Herbal-plants/medicine/remedy. In Western Hemisphere, it grows like the paradise of aloe Vera kingdom.

iii) How to grow Aloe Vera as an herbal plant:

Before cultivating Aloe Vera, we must learn about the soil quality. Alovera should be cultivated in a dry place. We also have to remember that it needs a little water once or twice in a week to moisturize the soil quite a little bit. If we want to cultivate a home, we must transplant it with a great car. To transplant, you may love the video by Paul Hawkins

 

A place where sufficient light air is available is the proper place to grow Aloe Vera. There should be a drainage hole in the container so that water can be passed out of the container. To cultivate in the home you can get a virtual knowledge for the video of TheWeekendgardener on YouTube

People choose Aloe Vera as Herbal-plants/medicine/remedy and so they want to cultivate it with a business mind. To Cultivate Aloe Vera in your field you can follow the following process:

1. Field preparation:

Prepare the farmland by plowing it two or three times before the plantation.

You can check the land with the pH scale of your soil so that the plants can enjoy a suitable level of acid and base they required.

2. Propagation:

You have to choose the center point of the land. As a result, it can be propagated well. Day by your plants will lead to the edge of your land area.

3. Sowing Aloe Vera plants:

The season when there is a possibility of raining is the best season for sowing Aloe vera plants. In the North part of the world, July-August is the best time to sow the plant. In this time the plants will get rainwater in their initial stage. Later winter will give them the dryness which will help them to grow in their matured stage.

This herbal plant should be planted by following a line or row. 1ft to 1.5 ft distance is the ideal style of sowing Aloe vera per line and file. In one hector there are 40-50 thousand plants that can be planted.

4. Irrigation:

Though Aloe Vera is from the lily family they do not need much water to live. Normally they can collect their water from the soil. No irrigation is required for cultivating the herbal plant. If possible look after them with an excessive drainage system.

There should not any water blocker which may harmful by fermenting the root of the plant. Therefore Aloe Very can be planted in a sloppy place. In this kind of place, you can water them once or twice in a week.

5. Troubleshooting

One of the benefits of Aloe Vera planting as the herbal plant is they are attacked fewer diseases than any other plant. Excessive sun rays can burn the top and edges of the leaves. I have already mentioned the heavy water or water blockage causes a great wastage to them.

References:

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1. Aloe Vera: Nature's Soothing Healer, By Diane Gage