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| Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. |
Furcraea foetida (Giant Cabuya, Green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp) is a species in the family Agavaceae native to the Caribbean and northern South America. 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 Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768 Hull, England - August 24, 1833, Chelsea, England was an English Entomologist, Botanist Fique or Cabuya is a natural Fiber that grows in the leaves of the fique plant ( Furcraea andina) a Agavaceae is a family of Plants that includes many well-known Desert and dry zone types such as the Agave, Yucca, and Joshua The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a
It is an evergreen perennial subshrub, stemless or with a short stem up to 1 m tall. In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than A subshrub ( Latin suffrutex) is a Horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody Perennial plant. The leaves are sword-shaped, 1-1. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. 8 m long and 10-15 cm broad at their widest point, narrowing to 6-7 cm broad at the leaf base, and to a sharp spine tip at the apex; the margins are entire or with a few hooked spines. The flowers are greenish to creamy white, 4 cm long, and strongly scented; they are produced on a large inflorescence up to 7. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also An inflorescence is a group or cluster of Flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main Branch or a complicated arrangement of branches 5 m tall.
It is cultivated in subtropical and tropical regions for its leaves, which are used to produce a fibre similar to sisal. Fiber or fibre is a class of Materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces similar to lengths of thread. Sisal or sisal hemp is an Agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff Fiber used in making Rope.
References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Furcraea foetida
- Huxley, A. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
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