Furcraea cubensis
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Read about Furcraea cubensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Furcraea cubensis, Vent. (F. hexapetala, Urban. Agave cubensis. Jacq. A. bidbifera, Salm. A. hexapetala, Jacq. A. mexicana, Lam. A. odorata, Pers). Nearly trunkless: lvs. narrowly lanceolate, spreading, smooth, about 2x50 in.; teeth nearly straight, 1/12 – 1/8 in. long, 2/3 -l in. apart: infl. 10-15 ft., long-stalked, nearly glabrous; fls. 2 in.; ovary fusiform, about equaling the segm.: caps, small, broad, stipitate; seeds small (1/4 – ½ in.): bulbels ovoid. Cuba and Haiti. Jacq., Stirp. Amer. : 175. Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. II. Suppl. 3:40. — As badly confused as Agave americana and actually rarely seen in gardens: apparently the original henequen of early writers on the W. Indies, its fiber called cabuya. A related Yucatan species, the cahum, with less lanceolate lvs. and ovary exceeding the perianth, is F. cahum, Trel., Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. II. Suppl. 3:39. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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