Agave fourcroydes Lem.

Henequen (en), Agave (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Agave

Characteristics

A herb. It is erect and succulent. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It grows in dry alkaline soils. It cannot tolerate frost. It grows in areas with a rainfall between 350-950 mm per year. It can grow in arid places. Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
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Only found in cultivation.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 2-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

The leaves are used to make a fermented drink.
Uses environmental use fiber food material medicinal social use
Edible leaves roots saps
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from bulbils or suckers.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Agave fourcroydes flower picture by Giráldez Martínez (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Agave fourcroydes world distribution map, present in Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Spain, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, and Puerto Rico

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61980-1
WFO ID wfo-0000754384
COL ID 662JG
BDTFX ID 103244
INPN ID 629039
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Agave fourcroydes Agave sullivanii Agave fourcroydes var. espiculata Agave rigida var. elongata