Furcraea foetida
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Ewanrigg Botanic Garden
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ewanrigg Botanic Garden
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba road near Laucenceville road turn off, lower Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba road near Laucenceville road turn off, lower Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba road near Laucenceville road turn off, lower Vumba.
Photo: Mark Hyde
By Chiraura stream, Mukuvisi Woodland
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| Synonyms: |
Furcraea gigantea Vent. |
| Common names: | Giant Cabuya (English) Green-aloe (English) Mauritius-hemp (English) |
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Evergreen succulent perennial, stemless or with a short stem. Leaves in a dense rosette, sword-shaped, 1-1.8 m long and 10–15 cm broad at their widest point, narrowing to 6–7 cm at the base, and to with a sharp spiny tip; margins entire or with a few hooked spines. Inflorescence up to 7.5 m tall. Flowers greenish to creamy white, 4 cm long, strongly scented. |
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| Notes: |
This species has definitely become naturalised and sometimes forms fairly extensive colonies in secondary vegetation. Occasionally it can be invasive in woodland. Biegel also mentions a cv. 'Striata' as a cultivated plant. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to the Caribbean and northern South America. |
| FZ divisions: | C,E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 30 March 2012 |
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Flora of Zambia: Furcraea foetidaFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Furcraea foetida
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Furcraea foetidaAfrican Plant Database: Furcraea foetida
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Furcraea foetida
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Furcraea foetida
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Furcraea foetida
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Furcraea foetida
JSTOR Plant Science: Furcraea foetida
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Furcraea foetida
Plants of the World Online: Furcraea foetida
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Wikipedia: Furcraea foetida