- Family: Asparagaceae Juss.
- Genus: Agave L.
Agave sisalana Perrine
- Genus: Agave L.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Rosettes to 2 m tall, with a short trunk
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 9–130 x 9–12 cm; margins minutely toothed when young, toothless in mature leaves; terminal spine 2–2.5 cm long, dark brown
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a 5–7 m tall panicle, producing bulbils after flowering
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5–6.5 cm long, greenish-yellow; perianth-tube 15–18 mm long; tepals 17–18 mm long, equal, hooded at apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments 50–60 mm long.
- Distribution
- Occasionally cultivated, at least in S2 native in Mexico, widely cultivated for fibres elsewhere.
- Vernacular
- Sisal (English)
Native to:
Mexico Southeast
Introduced into:
Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Italy, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Swaziland, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Agave sisalana Perrine appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Renvoize, S.A. [1275], Seychelles | 29047.034 | |||
Renvoize, S.A., Seychelles | 29047.035 | |||
Greenway, P.J. [2994], Tanzania | Agave amaniensis | K000255952 | Unknown type material |
First published in Congr. Doc. 564: 87 (1838)
Accepted by
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Literature
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Flora of Somalia
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