Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH446 : Agave angustifolia Haw.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Agave aboriginum Trel.; Agave bergeri Trel. ex A.Berger; Agave breedlovei Gentry; Agave costaricana Gentry; Agave donnell-smithii Trel.; Agave elongate Jacobi; Agave endlichiana Trel.; Agave exselsa Baker; Agave ixtli Karw. ex Salm-Dyck; Agave ixtlioides Hook.; Agave jacquiniana Schult.; Agave jacquiniana Schult. ex Hook.; Agave kirchneriana A.Berger; Agave lespinassei Trel.; Agave letonae F.W.Taylor ex Trel.; Agave owenii I.M.Johnst.; Agave pacifica Trel.; Agave panamana Trel.; Agave prainiana A.Berger; Agave sicaefolia Trel.; Agave spectabilis Tod.; Agave wightii J.R.Drumm. & Prain; Agave yaquiana Trel.; Agave zapupe Trel.;

Plant Common Name : Caribean Agave, Caribbean Century Plant

Plant Family : Agavaceae

Description : an evergreen, succulent plant forming a large, rosette of leaves up to 100cm tall and, eventually, a flowering stem that can be up to 5 metres tall.

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Medicinal Use / Activity : The juice of the cooked leaves and stems, and a root infusion, are taken internally or used as poultices for both internal and external swelling, as well as for bruises, liver and kidney diseases, arthritis, and dysentery. The roots are diaphoretic and diuretic.

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Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book

Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Liliidae
Order : Liliales
Family : Agavaceae - Century-plant family
Genus : Agave L. - agave
Species : Agave angustifolia Haw. - century plant

Agave angustifolia Haw. - century plant
Agave angustifolia Haw. - century plant
Agave angustifolia Haw. - century plant