Aloe saponaria is one of the main varieties of aloe used worldwide.

The aloe saponaria is commercially grown mainly at Southern Africa, Italy, Argentina and some Asian locations. It is a variety highly used in Argentina, as dietary supplement, juice, health food and into cosmetics. Many researches said it has more properties than the other aloe varieties for digestive treatments and heart diseases. Aloe saponaria has lower aloin content than other aloe varieties, therefore has less bitter taste than other aloes.

The aloe vera is the main aloe commercially grown at the five continents. Most aloe products contain aloe vera, mainly because traditionally it has been more studied than other varieties and many researches said it has more properties than the other aloe varieties.

Aloe arborescens is one of the main varieties of aloe used worldwide.

The aloe arborescens is commercially grown mainly at South Africa, Italy, Uruguay and some asian countries. It is a variety highly used in Italy, as dietary supplement, juice and into cosmetics. Several laboratories have developed pharmaceutical products based on aloe arborescens. The product, however, is quite difficult to process industrially, and main presentations come from whole leaf aloe arborescens juice.

Many researches said it has more properties than the other aloe varieties for cancer and tumoral treatment. In fact, there is a famous home-made cancer treatment developed by Mr Zago, a priest who developed a drink mixing aloe arborescens miller leaves with sugar and an alcoholic drink, to be ingested by those with some cancer types and tumoral presence.

Aloe vera is the main variety of aloe used worldwide.

Aloe vera L. (lineo) is exactly the same plant than aloe barbadensis miller, but some consumers often confuse the terms.

The aloe vera is the main aloe commercially grown at the five continents. Most aloe products contain aloe vera, mainly because traditionally it has been more studied than other varieties and many researches said it has more properties than the other aloe varieties.

However, when we analyse the aloe constituents we must emphasize that aloe vera is very good for some applications such as pharmaceutical, cosmetic, cosmeceutical and nutraceutical products, while other aloe verieties are good for other applications, i.e. aloe saponaria for certain health foods, and aloe arborescens or aloe ferox for certain juices or lotions.

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But in fact the real term for the wonder plant is aloe vera.

Please find the most complete information on aloe vera and other aloe varieties in our different sections. To start with basic information, please visit our page The Aloe.