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Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
MAURITIUS HEMP
Furcraea gigantea Vent; Agave foetida L; Furcraea gigantea; Mauritius-hemp

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FNA | Family List | FNA Vol. 26 | Agavaceae | Furcraea

1. Furcraea foetida (Linnaeus) Haworth, Syn. Pl. Succ. 73. 1812.

Agave foetida Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 323. 1753; Furcraea gigantea Ventenat

Leaves lanceolate, to 2.4 m × 20 cm, thick, firm, smooth or striate; margins hard and smooth, usually entire at least in distal half. Flowers 4—5 cm; tepals greenish white, 2.3—3 cm; ovary 1.2—1.5 cm. 2n = 60.

Flowering fall--mid winter. Old homesteads in disturbed areas; 0 m; introduced; Fla.; Central America; West Indies; widely introduced elsewhere.

Specimens from Florida referred to in the literature as Furcraea cabuya Trelease with entire leaf margins (var. integra Trelease) probably belong here.

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