This could be *Furcraea foetida*, called as 'Pachai kathazhai' (meaning Green Agave). Fiber extracted from the leaves.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Pardeshi S. <satishparde...@gmail.com>wrote: > Generally Agave americana is called Century plant. Origin: Mexican > highlands. > Check toptropicals.com>>>>in search box write Agave...... > > Regards > Satish Pardeshi > > > On Feb 8, 1:55 pm, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Picture taken at Satyamangalam RF 900msl on 22 Jan 2010. > > > > Dear members, > > Kindly validate this plant. Is this *Agave americana*? > > Leaves growing 1 - 2M in length; inflorescence exceeds 4M in length and > > people are harvesting it for fibre. > > > > -- > > Muthu Karthick, N > > Junior Research Fellow > > Care Earth Trust > > Chennai - 61www.careearthtrust.org > > > > d 116.jpg > > 202KViewDownload > > > > d 117.jpg > > 198KViewDownload > > > > d 118.jpg > > 429KViewDownload > > > > d 119.jpg > > 326KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- With regards R. Vijayasankar FRLHT, Bangalore -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
