Download or read book Aloes written by Tom Reynolds and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-01-23 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aloes are a large genus of plants, about 450 species, from sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and parts of Arabia. Many species are widespread in warm or tropical semi-arid regions, yet the distribution of others is limited to a few living in desert or wet mountainous regions. While some species have been adopted as medicinal plants since ancient time