Thank you everyone for the correction. The dried leaves are collected and entered into trade for the Fibres.
On 2/9/10, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
