(Hidayat, 2017)
Regnum : Plantae
Divisio : Magnoliophyta
Classis : Liliopsida
Ordo : Liliales
Familia : Agavaceae
Genus : Agave
Spesies : Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck
Synonym Name : Ghiesbreghtia mollis Roezl
Description
Agave attenuata produce smooth curving trunks, often branched and eventually old leaves fall off, leaving them naked and visible. If planted in the ground it will likely form a clump to 90 to 120 cm or more tall by even wider with many rosettes of leaves.(unusual among agaves). Fear not this plant as it has no spines unlike its prickly cousin.
Stems: Stout curving , often branched, smooth grey stems that rise up to 100 cm tall (unusual among agaves) and eventually old leaves fall off, leaving them naked and visible.
Leaves: Wide, soft, pliable, somewhat translucent ovate-accuminate, 50-70 cm long and 12-16 cm large.
The leaves are powdery green, light yellowish green or grey/blue green.There are no teeth, nor terminal spines, although the leaves taper to points that fray with age. They emerge from a tight central spear to arch gracefully back, looking a bit like a large open green flower.
Flowers: Flowers are pale greenish yellow on a dense raceme 1,5-3,5 long . Over many months the vertical flower stalk develops, first as a mass of green buds which open from the bottom up into flowers of greenish-yellow, then it reflexes back towards the ground before arching upward again. The flowers are followed by seed pods and from the axils of the flowers many new 'plantlets' (or bulbils) will sprout, meanwhile the mother rosette slowly dies. But sometime - unlike other members of it's family - this plant doesn't die after flowering.
Blooming Time: Spring. It may take up to 10 years to bloom, (Ellifle, 2019).
Spot Characters
Curved stem, the inflorescences with 2-3 meters in length
Benefit
Ornamental Plant
Distribution
Originated from Mexico, spread worldwide
Location
UPI Language Center
Local Name
Siklok
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