Lighting your way ...

Scientific name: Aloe vera

Aloe is a popular folk plant. it is a clump forming succulent, where fleshly grey-green leaves are arranged in a vase shaped rosette. The leaves are up to 18" long and 2" wide at the base. The leaves have small greyish teeth on the margin. The flowers are produced on spikes of 90 cm long, each flower is pendulous with a yellow tubular corolla. The plant is extensively used for its cosmetic and therapeutic effectiveness. This photograph was taken on 25th August, 2011. As i was moving for my morning walks, this flower spike was smiling at me on the road side, just outside a home in the same street where i was staying earlier.