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Accession Data

Furcraea foetida

Common Name: False Agave, Mauritius Hemp

Family: Asparagaceae

Country of Origin: Costa Rica to N. South America and S. Caribbean

Description: Cultivated widely in the tropics and commercially in Mauritus and St. Helena for its fiber.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession #: 198501079

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2215

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Provenance: In collection as Furcraea gigantea, nomenclature corrected 27 June 2014.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Agavoideae

Tribe: Agaveae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 27 June 2014.
  2. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 27 June 2014.
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

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Furcraea foetida