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Century Plant

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Agavaceae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly Agavaceae is a family of Plants that includes many well-known Desert and dry zone types such as the Agave, Yucca, and Joshua Agave is a succulent Plant of a large Botanical Genus of the same name belonging to the family Agavaceae. americana
Binomial name
Agave americana
L.
Agave americana L.Thomas Medland 1799
Agave americana L.
Thomas Medland 1799

The Century Plant or Maguey (Agave americana) is an agave originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Thomas Medland (c1765 - 1833 was an English engraver and draughtsman Agave is a succulent Plant of a large Botanical Genus of the same name belonging to the family Agavaceae. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.

It has a spreading rosette (about 4 m wide) of gray-green leaves up to 2 meters (6 ft. ) long, each with a spiny margin and a heavy spike at the tip. Its common name derives from its habit of only occasionally flowering, but when it does, the spike with a cyme of big yellow flowers, may reach up to 8 meters (25 ft. ) in height. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth. A basal shoot, root sprout, adventitious shoot, water sprout or sucker is a shoot or cane which grows from a Bud at the base of a The average life-span is around 25 years.

Cultivated varieties include the 'Marginata' with yellow stripes along the margins of each leaf, 'Medio-picta' with a central white band, 'Striata' with multiple yellow to white stripes along the leaves, and 'Variegata' with white edges on the leaves. [1]

It is also known as the American aloe, although it is in a different family from the true aloes. Aloe, also written Aloë, is a Genus containing about four hundred Species of flowering succulent Plants

If the flower stem is cut without flowering, a sweet liquid called agua miel ("honey water") gathers in the heart of the plant. This may be fermented to produce the drink called pulque, which may then be distilled to produce mezcal. Pulque, or octli, is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of the Maguey, and is a traditional native beverage Mezcal (from Nahuatl mexcalli, "earth roast maguey hearts" wrongly known as 'mescal' is a Mexican distilled spirit protected by International The leaves also yield fibers, known as pita, which are suitable for making rope, matting, coarse cloth and are used for embroidery of leather in a technique known as piteado. Both pulque and maguey fibre were important to the economy of pre-Columbian Mexico. The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences Production continues today to a much lesser extent. Agave syrup (also called agave nectar) has recently been marketed as a healthful natural sugar substitute. Agave syrup (also called agave nectar) is a sweetener commercially produced in Mexico, from several species of Agave, including Agave tequilana

Tequila is made from a different species, Agave tequilana (also called Blue Agave or Tequila Agave). Tequila is an agave-based spirit made primarily in the area surrounding Tequila, in the northwest of Guadalajara and in the highlands ( Blue agave, the tequila agave of the Agave tequilana species is an Agave plant that is an important economic product of Jalisco

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Pictures

In bloom

In bloom

in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia

'Medio-Picta'

South of France, September 1978. Rookwood Cemetery (officially named Rookwood Necropolis) is the largest multicultural necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere located in Sydney Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4

close-up, showing spike

var. americana

Heraldry

The plant figures in the coat of arms of Don Diego de Mendoza. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Nico Vermeulen:"The Complete Encyclopedia of Container Plants", pp. Agave syrup (also called agave nectar) is a sweetener commercially produced in Mexico, from several species of Agave, including Agave tequilana Agave is a succulent Plant of a large Botanical Genus of the same name belonging to the family Agavaceae. Pulque, or octli, is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of the Maguey, and is a traditional native beverage Mezcal (from Nahuatl mexcalli, "earth roast maguey hearts" wrongly known as 'mescal' is a Mexican distilled spirit protected by International 36-37. Rebo International, Netherlands, 1998. ISBN 90-366-1584-4
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