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AGAVE/GWARPATHA

(Agave americana)

Botanical name	: Agave americana
Common Name	: Agave/Gwarpatha
Family	: Agavaceae
About	: This plant looks rosette in nature. The leaves are smooth having prickly edges and producing a long, erect stem which bears bulbis that fall to the ground and grow into new plants. Solitary or slowly clumping large leaf succulent with a basal rosette (up to 4 m wide). Leaves are thick and massive grey-blue up to 150-200 cm long and 25 cm wide, and have sharp spines on the margins and tips. The inflorescence of the plant is branched can reach epic proportions, soaring 3 -7 m or more, and bears large (6-10cm) yellow-green flowers. It dies after blooming (a condition called monocarpic), but produces offsets or "pups" throughout its life and these remain to continue the lineage.