Aloe vera

DISTRIBUTION

A.vera is native to North Africa in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, the Mediterranean region of southern Europe and to the Canary Islands. The species was introduced to China, India, Pakistan and various parts of southern Europe in the 17th century.

Aloe vera occurs over most of Africa, Southern Arabia and Madagascar, but not in rain forest regions or dry deserts. It has been cultivated in Madagascar and from there have reached as far as Japan in the east and America in the west. The plant is distributed throughout India. It has become completely naturalized, especially in the hot dry valley North-Western Himalayas. The species is also widely naturalised elsewhere, occurring in temperate and tropical regions of Australia, Barbados, Belize, Nigeria, Paraguay and the USA.