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Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Agave

Characteristics

A herb with tubers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.13 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It grows in tropical and temperate regions.
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Not known in a truly wild situation.
Not known in a truly wild situation.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 4-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use essential oil food gene source material medicinal
Edible flowers fruits tubers
Therapeutic use Diuretics (bulb), Gonorrhea (bulb), Skin diseases (bulb), Diuretics (flower), Emetics (flower), Skin diseases (flower), Astringent (unspecified), Cosmetic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Perfume (unspecified), Pimple (unspecified), Resolvent (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Styptic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Detergent (unspecified), Heat rash (unspecified), Perfumery (unspecified), Alterative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Agave amica unspecified picture

Distribution

Agave amica world distribution map, present in Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77153983-1
WFO ID wfo-0001425429
COL ID 8WQBP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447701
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Agave polianthes Polianthes gracilis Polianthes tuberosa Tuberosa amica Agave tuberosa Crinum angustifolium Agave amica Polianthes tuberosa var. gracilis Polianthes tuberosa f. plena
WorldFloraDB 2024