Types of Aloe vera

Types of Aloe vera

There are over 500 species of Aloe Vera of which four are grown for their health benefits. Aloe Vera Barbadensis Miller is the most cultivated of the species and is native to North Africa. Aloe Barbadensis Miller is the most nutritionally valuable variety of aloe that nourishes the body inside and out.

Aloe Vera Barbadensis Miller

It is the most common aloe vera species. You can distinguish it from the others, because its leaves have white spots, which can also serve to know the age of the plant as these spots disappear as the aloe vera plant becomes adult. The healing and beauty properties of this type of aloe vera are greater than any other variety.

The plant produces two substances: the aloe vera gel, which is 96 percent water, and the latex, which is used as laxative. It is said that Cleopatra, known to be “a woman of surpassing beauty,” applied aloe vera gel on her skin as part of her beauty regimen.