Aloe gum is the yellow bitter sap produced from most aloe varieties. However the aloe ferox, aloe barbadensis miller and aloe secundiflora are the best varieties to obtain this product.

Aloe gum is the yellow juice exudate -not the mucilagous juice or gel- produced from most aloe varieties. In fact, the aloe ferox, aloe barbadensis miller and aloe secundiflora are the best varieties to obtain this product. The aloe gum -also called as aloe latex or aloe bitter sap- is created in cells into the inner leaf skin, the so called peryciclic tubules.

It is a product mostly used to obtain aloin, aloesin, and aloe emodin for pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. This term is the same than aloe latex. It is in a liquid condition. When industrially cooked, it comes a green rocky product also known as aloe paste.