This is Furcraea foetida. The green form is usually unarmed, though variegated forms used as landscape specimens generally have some marginal teeth.
This plant is a strong colonizer and should be monitored carefully in environmentally-sensitive locations. Thousands of propagules form on spent flower stalks and soon create very dense thickets that choke-out native species here, esp in FL Keys, USA. Suggest removing infloresences BEFORE all flowers cease. (Usually sucker growth is minimal following post- flowering death of main rosette.) Regards-- Ken Greby. California and Florida, USA ________________________________ From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 12:55:58 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:27356] Is this Century plant? 080210MK1 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 - 61 www.careearthtrust.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
