The Egyptian Popeye Has World's Biggest Biceps. The Egyptian Popeye Has World's Biggest Biceps. For the 2013 edition of the Guiness Book of World Records, amateur body-builder Moustafa Ismail earned the title âowner of the largest upper-arm muscles on Earth.â But soon after, the title was taken away.
History of Aloe Vera. This striking plant is native to tropical and semi-tropical regions of Africa and the Mediterranean. Aloe has been used for centuries, and mentioned by Dioscorides (one of the fathers of herbal medicine) in 78 AD and mentioned in medicinal books dating back to the 10 th century in Europe. Aloe, native to Africa, found its way to the west via trade routes from Egypt and Africa.
The genus Aloe consists of approximately 450 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula. Aloes range in size from diminutive pot plants to large trees and massive clumps. The plants are characterized by rosettes of fleshy succulent leaves, which can grow close to the ground, or on branched and un-branched stems. There are variations: A. plicatilis, is distichous, while the unusual A. polyphylla from Lesotho grows in spirals.