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kumari in Ayurveda - Aloe vera Linn., Aloe barbadensis

kumari :

kumari  : Aloe vera Linn., Aloe barbadensis

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Aloe
Species: Aloe vera


Allied species:

A. barbadensis Mill., Aloe indica Royle, Aloe perfoliata L. var. vera and A. vulgaris Lam.

 Common names include Chinese Aloe, Indian Aloe, True Aloe, Barbados Aloe, Burn Aloe, First Aid Plant.

The species epithet vera means "true" or "genuine".

Some literature identifies the white-spotted form of Aloe vera as Aloe vera var. chinensis;however, the species varies widely with regard to leaf spots and it has been suggested that the spotted form of Aloe vera may be conspecific with A. massawana.

The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Aloe perfoliata var. vera, and was described again in 1768 by Nicolaas Laurens Burman as Aloe vera in Flora Indica on 6 April and by Philip Miller as Aloe barbadensis some ten days after Burman in the Gardeners Dictionary.

Techniques based on DNA comparison suggest Aloe vera is relatively closely related to Aloe perryi, a species endemic to Yemen.

 Similar techniques, using chloroplast DNA sequence comparison and ISSR profiling have also suggested it is closely related to Aloe forbesii, Aloe inermis, Aloe scobinifolia, Aloe sinkatana, and Aloe striata.

 With the exception of the South African species A. striata, these Aloe species are native to Socotra (Yemen), Somalia, and Sudan.

 The lack of obvious natural populations of the species has led some authors to suggest Aloe vera may be of hybrid origin



VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Ghritkumari, Kumari, Gruha Kanya, Vipulasrava, adala, ajara, amara, ambudhisrava, aphala, atipichhila, bahupatri, bhringeshta, brahmaghni, dirghapatrika, ghirtakumari, ghrita-kumari, ghritakumari, ghritkumari, ghrtakumari, ghrtakumarika, grhakanya, grhakumari, grihakanya, ikshuramallika, kantakani, kantakapravrita, kanya, kanyasara, kapila, kumari, kumarika, mahabharavacha, mandala, mata, mridughritakumarika, rama, rasayani, saha, sthaleruha, sthuladala, surasa, suvaha, tarani, vipulasrava, vira
English: Indian Aloealoe, barbados, barbados aloe, curacao aloe
Hindi: Guarpatha, Ghikanvar, Rambans, chhota-kanvar, chhota-rakus-pattah, chhotakanvar, elva, ganwar-patho, ghee-ganwar, ghi kanwar, ghigavar, ghiguvara, ghikanvar, ghikuamr, ghikumari, gvarapatha, gwar patta, gwar pattha, kanvar, kumari, kuvarapatha, musambar, patangar, rambans
Urdu: Ghikwar, ab ghaikwar, ailwa, elwa, ghaikwar, ghee-kanwar, gheekawar, ghiqwara, sibr, sibr-e-zard
Telugu: Chinna Kalabanda, chinikalabanda, chinna-kalabanda, chinnakalabanda, chinnaraakasimatta, chinnarakashi-matta, chinnarakasimatta, erra kalabanda, errakalanbanda, ettakalabanda, kalabanda, kalanbanda, kunthi kalabanda, manchikatthaali, manjikattali, musambaramu, mushambaram
Bengali: Ghritkumari
Marathi: Korphad, Kunvarpata, kalaboel, kamte-kuvar, koraphada, koraphanta, korkand, korpad, korphad, kunvarpata, lahanikumari, pivalaboel
Oriya: Kumara
Gujarathi: Kunwar Path
Tamil: Chirukuttali, akki, alunku, amari 2, ametamnikki, ametanikki, angani, angini, ankani, ankili, anmatacekam, aralai, cenkarralai, chirukattalai, cirukarralai, cirukkaralai, cirukki, cokkunitani, corrukkarralai, coti, cotrukkarralai, cottiyam, curuvavacini, eratha bolam, ilampen, irattapolam, janninayakam, kanni, kariabolam, kariambolam, kariapolam, kariya polam, kariyapolam, karpurani, karralai, karralam, karrazai, kathalai, katrazhai, katrazhai pal, kattalai, kattazhai, katthalai, kattrazhai, kilimukan, kilimukkan, kilmukkan, kodiyan, kotiyon, kumari, kuruvaikkumari, kuttalay, malai, malanecittaci, malattaittallicci, moosaambaram, mucamparam, musamparam, mushambaram, nali, nari 1, ocitam, okitam, pen, peruppircava, pulipputu, pulittatukki, pumatu, raktapolam, ratta polam, rattabolan, shiru-katrazh-ai, shottu katrazhai, sirrooghoo kuttalay, sirukattalai, sivappukkattalai, sivappusottukkattalai, sothukattalai, sotru kattraazhai, taruni, tarunikam, tiriculi 2, vaittanki, vamal, vamalocikam, varivali, varivalikkarralai, varttacaki, varttaki, vatankirai, veligam, velikam#, velikam@, viyakkiracana, yociyocitam
Malayalam: Kumara, Kattar Vazha, catevala, cenninayakam, cerukarrala, chennanayakam, chenninayakam, cheru-katru-vazha, cherukattala, cherukattazha, chuvannakattala, chuvannakattazha, cuvannakarrala, ghritakumari, ghrytakumari, kadanaku, kadenaku, karrala, katru-vazha, kattaavala, kattala, kattarvala, kattavala, kattavaya, kattuvala, kumari
Kannada: brahmi, golisara, kaakanonokachaara, kanya kumaari, kathaligida, kathligida, kattali, kole sara, kumaari, lavalasaara, loayisara, lola-sara, lole, lole sara, lolesara, loli, lolisara, lolu, loyisara, musaambra, musambara, nolisara, raktabala, raktapavala, shime-kattali, shimekattale, simekattale, tarana
Punjabi: ਅਲੋਏ ਵੇਰਾ ਪਲਾਂਟ Alōē vērā palāṇṭa
Sindhi: -النو ويرا ٻوٽو
Arabic: - نبات الصبار nabaat alsabar
Spanish: - planta de aloe vera
Japanese: - アロエベラ植物 Aroebera shokubutsu
Chinese: -芦荟植物 Lúhuì zhíwù
French: -Aloe vera
German: - Aloe Vera Pflanze
Burma: -sharrhcaungglaatpaat hcaatrone
Nepal: घ्यु कुमारी Ghyu Kumaari
Persian: -گیاه آلوئه ورا
Sinhalese: -කෝමාරිකා
Greek: ἀλόη (alóē)


Varities:

Two Types of Aloe Vera
It arrives in two important varieties. the first is the green one and the second is the blue one.

Each of the species have nearly the same therapeutic benefits and effects, however, the rise time is various.
Blue Aloe Vera takes to develop around three years and Green Aloe Vera takes to develop around four or five years. The most typical and prevalent species of aloe is Aloe Barbadensis Miller or Aloe Vera.

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