Agave decipiens
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Read about Agave decipiens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Agave decipiens, Baker (A. laxifolia, Baker. A latifolia, Auct. A spiralis, Hort.). Trunk 6-8 ft.: lvs. 2-4 x 36-50 in., green, rather soft and somewhat outcurved, with round-grooved spine and slender prickles from green prominences: infl. ample; fls. 2 1/4 in.; ovary 1 1/8 in., segm. and tube 3/4 in. each: caps. pyriform. Yucatan. Dodge, Rep. Fiber Invest. 3, 5, 9, pl. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pl. 57-59.-The false sisal, extensively naturalized, if not indigenous, in Fla. This and A. Karwinskii deserve the name arborescent, in the genus Agave. The tequila mescals (A. tequilana, Web., etc.), grown in W. Mex. for the preparation of a distilled beverage, and the zpupes (A. Zapupe, Trel., etc.), grown for fiber in E. Mex., are closely related to the preceding group. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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