Aloe Ferox Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Aloe Ferox (Aloe ferox), the Cape aloe or bitter aloe, is a single-stemmed succulent of the Asphodelaceae family, native to the Eastern and Western Cape of South Africa and Lesotho, where it dots dry hillsides and valley scrub. It grows 2 to 3 meters tall, with a rosette of thick, dull green to reddish leaves armed with reddish-brown teeth, the old dead leaves hanging as a skirt around the stem. In winter it sends up a branched candelabra of orange-red tubular flowers. The leaf yields a dark, intensely bitter sap that dries into glossy black lumps known as Cape aloes, and a clear inner gel. We extract the dried leaf.