Question

Aloe used in medicine belongs to family
(A) Solanaceae
(B) Liliaceae
(C) Asteraceae
(D) Malvaceae

Answer 1

Hint: Aloe, genus of shrubby succulent plants in the family Asphodelaceae which scientific most common name aloe Vera.

Complete Answer:
- Aloe has 550 species of flowering succulent plants. The most widely known species is aloe Vera, a true aloe so called because it is cultivated as the standard source of pharmaceutical purposes,
- Most aloe species have a rosette of large, thick blush and juicy leaves that look like cacti without a spine.
- Aloe flower is tubular and frequently allows arranging pink or red, densely clustered and pendant at the apex of simple or branched, looters stems.
- Many species of Aloe appear to be stemless, with the rustic growing directly at ground level other varieties may have a branched or unranked stem from which the fishy leaves spring.
- They vary in color from grey to bright –green and sometimes stripes are mottled.
Some are native to aberrant .
- Aloe belongs to the asphodel actual family of flowering plants in the order asparaguses. Such a female has been energized by most taxol miss but the circumscription has varied widely.
- Due to its soothing, moisturizing and cooling properties alone, Vera gel is used to treat superficial and partial burns showed good results.
- Gel, which is responsible for most of its health benefits.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: Common side effects of aloe include, blood sugar burning and itching of skin and stomach pain and cramps.