Furcraea selloa K.Koch

Wild sisal (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Furcraea

Characteristics

Plant with stem to 1 m high. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, basally narrowed, 90-130 cm long, 7-15 cm wide, glossy dark green with yellow margins on variegated cultivar; margin with teeth for entire length, teeth antrorsely hooked, 7-8 mm long, 3-5 cm apart, reddish brown; terminal spine weak, 5-10 mm long, grey-brown. Inflorescence 6-10 m high. Flowers 4-6.5 cm long, 3-5 cm wide. Sepals and petals similar, fused at base, 4-6.5 cm long. Fruit not seen. Axillary bulbils common.
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Leaves lanceolate, to 1.2 m × 10–15 cm, firm, roughened abaxially by small points, margins white with hard, curved teeth ca. 6 mm. Flowers ca. 4 cm; tepals white, 2.5–2.7 cm; ovary 1.4–1.8 cm. 2n = 60.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

; at elevations from 900-1,300 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses fiber
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

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Distribution

Furcraea selloa world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Ecuador, Spain, Indonesia, Portugal, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64452-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768294
COL ID 6K4ZT
BDTFX ID 168390
INPN ID 706307
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Synonyms

Furcraea lindenii Furcraea selloa