EcoFlora - Furcraea foetida

Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. (redirected from: Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz)
Family: Asparagaceae Mauritius-Hemp [Agave foetida L., moreAloe foetida (L.) Crantz] University of Florida Herbarium	FNA Resources Susan Verhoek in Flora of North America (vol. 26) Leaves lanceolate, to 2.4 m × 20 cm, thick, firm, smooth or striate; margins hard and smooth, usually entire at least in distal half. Flowers 4-5 cm; tepals greenish white, 2.3-3 cm; ovary 1.2-1.5 cm. 2n = 60. Flowering fall--mid winter. Old homesteads in disturbed areas; 0 m; introduced; Fla.; Central America; West Indies; widely introduced elsewhere. Specimens from Florida referred to in the literature as Furcraea cabuya Trelease with entire leaf margins (var. integra Trelease) probably belong here.
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