Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Taxon
Agave americana
Common name:
Garingboom, American aloe, Century plant
Family:
Asparagaceae subfam. Agavoideae
Synonym:
Agave spectabilis, Aloe americana
Distribution:
Mexico, Southwestern U.S.
IUCN Red list:
Not evaluated
Black list:
Listed NEMBA Category 3 Invasive - May not be propagated or transported.
Comments:
William H. Prescott said of the agave in 1843: "The agave...was meat, drink, clothing, and writing materials for the Aztec! Surely, never did Nature enclose in so compact a form so many of the elements of human comfort and civilization!"
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Locations
1:
Upper garden, rockeries
(Ur)
• Accession: 1999-516 • Provenance: Unrecorded
2:
Upper garden, rockeries
(Ur)
• Accession: 1999-516/2 • Provenance: Unrecorded
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Individual