Furcraea gigantea

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Furcraea gigantea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Furcraea gigantea, Vent. (F. barillettii, F. foetida, Agave foetida, Linn. A. gigantea, Aloe foetida, Crantz. Funium piliferum, Willem.). Nearly trunkless: lvs. broadly oblanceolate, nearly flat, undulate, somewhat roughened beneath, 5-8x60-100 in., entire: infl. 25 ft., long-stalked, rather narrow; fls. 1 3/5 in., with ovary and segm. equal: caps, unknown: freely bulbiferous. S. E. Brazil. DC., PI. Gr. 126, 1260. Redoute, Lil. 476. B.M. 2250. Perrine, Senate Doc. 300:5. B.H. 10:34. Indian For. 35:23. Mart., Fl. Bras. 1:44. Ann. Mus. Marseille. II; 8, p. 125. Squier, Fibre PI., 2. Jacq. Icon. 379. Commelin, Hort. Amst. 2:18.—The Mediterranean hemp, Mauritius hemp, taretra, green aloe, or pita, intro. by way of Madagascar and hence called Malgache aloe. Varies with moderate toothing, Var. willemetiana, Roem. (F. commelinii, Agave commelinii, Auct.), the Creole aloe. Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. II. Suppl. 3:35. With broad median creamy variegation, the unarmed form is Var. medio-picta, Trel. (F. gigantea variegata, Hort. F. variegata, Hort. F. watsoniana, Hort.). G.C. III. 23, p. 243. Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. II. Suppl. 3:41, 42, 46-8. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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