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Aloe is a genus of succulent, flowering plants in the family asphodelaceae, which contains about 400 different species. They are native to the drier parts of Africa, especially south africa's cape province and the mountains of tropical Africa.
Members of the closely allied genera gasteria and haworthia, which have a similar mode of growth, are also sometimes popularly known as aloes. Note that the plant sometimes called "american aloe", agave americana, belongs to a different family, namely agavaceae.