ALOES SUCCOTORINA
\ˈalə͡ʊz səkˌɒtɔːɹˈiːnə], \ˈaləʊz səkˌɒtɔːɹˈiːnə], \ˈa_l_əʊ_z s_ə_k_ˌɒ_t_ɔː_ɹ_ˈiː_n_ə]\
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Its odour is not unpleasant; taste very bitter, and slightly aromatic; colour reddish-brown, with a shade of purple; mass hard, friable; fracture conchoidal and glossy; soluble in dilute alcohol. Powder of a bright cinnamon-yellow colour. It is cathartic, warm, and stimulating; emmenagogue, anthelmintic, and stomachic. As a cathartic, it affects the rectum chiefly.
By Robley Dunglison
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