| Monocotyledon | Literature for Agave sisalana
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Asparagaceae | Bibliography |
| Agave sisalana | |
Common name(s): century, malina, sisal, sisal hemp |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Yucatán, Mexico, but widely cultivated in tropical areas.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Subacaulescent perennials. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves at first glaucous with a bluish tinge, becoming green, linear-lanceolate, nearly flat, up to 150 cm long and 10 cm wide, margins smooth or with numerous prickles 2-4 mm long, apex with a dark brown, slightly recurved spine 2-2.5 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Bulbils usually forming in the axils of the bracteoles after flowering; tepals yellowish green, 4.5-6 cm long, the tube urceolate, 1.5-2 cm long. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules rarely developing, when present, ca. 6 cm long, apex beaked. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = ca. 138, 149, 150 |
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