Furcraea pubescens

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Furcraea pubescens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Furcraea pubescens, Tod. Nearly trunkless: lvs. spreading, concave, smooth, about 3x60 in.; teeth Kin. long, 1/5 in. 2/3 - 1 1/5 in. apart: infl. 15-20 ft., rather short- stalked, pubescent; fls. 2 ¼ in. ovary 1 in.; segm. 1 ½ in.: caps, large, broad, variously stipitate: bulbels ovoid. Mex (?). Giorn. Soc. Sci. Palermo 14:5-7. Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. II. Suppl. 3:43. B.M. 6160(?) (depauperate). Related species are: F. gleeans, Tod. of Guiana, with lvs. 5 in. wide with hooked blackening teeth 1/5 – 1/3 in. long and 1 ¾ in. apart, glabrous long-stalked infl., and leafy-tipped bulbels. Hort. Panorm. 4. F. macrophylla, Hook., established in the Bahamas and Jamaica (probably from the south) with teeth ½ in. long and 3 1/3 in. apart, broad umbonate caps, and ovoid bulbels. Hook. Icon. 2501. Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. II. Suppl. 3:37, 45. F. amiinu, Trel. (F. Deledevdntii, and F. altissima, Hort.?), of E. Peru, with nearly as large and distant teeth, short-stalked infl., cuboid caps, and conical- ovoid bulbels. Ceara or Pernambuco hemp is ascribed to F. agavephyUa, Brot. (F. cubensis, Mart. Agave inermis and A. subinermis, Roem.), the caraguata assu of N. E. Brazil., Marcgrav. & Piso, Brazil, p. 111, of this same group. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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