Agave americana

(Hidayat, 2017)

Classification of Agave americana L

Regnum : Plantae
Divisio   : Magnoliophyta
Classis    : Liliopsida
Ordo       : Liliales
Familia   : Agavaceae
Genus     : Agave 
Spesies   : Agave americana L.

Synonim Name : -

Description 

Plants acaulescent or short-stemmed, commonly suckering, trunks less than 2 m; rosettes not cespitose, 10–20 × 20-37 dm. Leaves erect, spreading to ascending, occasionally reflexed, 80–200 × 15-25 cm; blade light green to green or glaucous-gray, sometimes variegated or cross-zoned, narrowly to broadly lanceolate, smooth, rigid; margins nearly straight or undulate to crenate, armed, teeth single, 5-10 mm, 1-4 cm apart; apical spine dark brown to grayish, conical or subulate, 2-6 cm. Scape 5-9 m. Inflorescences paniculate, not bulbiferous; bracts persistent, triangular, 5-15 cm; lateral branches 15-35, horizontal to slightly ascending, comprising distal 1/3-1/2 of inflorescence, longer than 10 cm. Flowers erect, 7-10.5 cm; perianth yellow, tube funnelform to cylindric, 8-20 × 12-20 mm, limb lobes erect, subequal, 20-35 mm; stamens long-exserted; filaments inserted above mid perianth tube, erect, yellow, 6-9 cm; anthers yellow, 25-35 mm; ovary 3-4.5 cm, neck constricted, 3-6(-8) mm. Capsules short-pedicellate, oblong, 3.5-8 cm, apex beaked. Seeds 6-8 mm (Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 2016).

Spot Character
Succulent sword-like leaves

Benefit
Ornamental Plant

Distribution 

South America, India, Mediterania, China, Korean, Thailand, and Australia

Location 

Zone 1 of UPI Botanic Garden 

Local Name 
Danasabrang