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Yucca elephantipes, Regel (Y. guatemalensis, Baker. Y. Lenneana, Baker. Y. Mooreana, Y. Ghiesbreghtii, and Y. Roezlii, Hort. Dracaena Lenneana, D. Lennei, D. Ehrenbergii, D. Fintelmanni, and D. yuccoides, Hort.). Becoming a rather large tree with swollen base: lvs. not pungent, 2-3 in. wide: fr. yellow. S. E. Mex. Ref. Bot. 5:313. B.M. 7997. Gn. 67, p. 178. G.C. III. 18: 523. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4:1, 2, 19; 13:51, 82, 84.— Y. gigantea, Lem., planted in the Azores and around the Medit., is scarcely different. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 9:40-42.
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Yucca elephantipes, Regel (Y. guatemalensis, Baker. Y. Lenneana, Baker. Y. Mooreana, Y. Ghiesbreghtii, and Y. Roezlii, Hort. Dracaena Lenneana, D. Lennei, D. Ehrenbergii, D. Fintelmanni, and D. yuccoides, Hort.). Becoming a rather large tree with swollen base: lvs. not pungent, 2-3 in. wide: fr. yellow. S. E. Mex. — Y. gigantea, Lem., planted in the Azores and around the Medit., is scarcely different.  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 7 December 2009


Yuccaelephante1.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   palm-cycad

Height: ⇕ 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. to 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Mexico, N Central America
Cultivation
Water: ◍ wet, moist
Sunset Zones: 12, 13 (protected), 16, 17, 19-25
Scientific Names

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guatemalensis >



Read about Yucca guatemalensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Yucca elephantipes, Regel (Y. guatemalensis, Baker. Y. Lenneana, Baker. Y. Mooreana, Y. Ghiesbreghtii, and Y. Roezlii, Hort. Dracaena Lenneana, D. Lennei, D. Ehrenbergii, D. Fintelmanni, and D. yuccoides, Hort.). Becoming a rather large tree with swollen base: lvs. not pungent, 2-3 in. wide: fr. yellow. S. E. Mex. — Y. gigantea, Lem., planted in the Azores and around the Medit., is scarcely different.


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fast growing (to 2ft/year)

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