Sisal
கதலைസൈസൽসিসাল
Agave sisalana Perrine
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Asparagaceae
Also called Sisal hemp
Formerly Agave amaniensis, Agave segurae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico (Yucatan Pen.)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 2.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- agáve sisalová
- Chinese
- 剑麻, 瓊麻, 菠萝麻
- Afrikaans
- Sisal
- Bulgarian
- Сизал
- Finnish
- Sisalagaave
- Italian
- Sisal
- Japanese
- サイザルアサ
- Polish
- agawa sizalowa, sizal
- Portuguese
- Sisal
- Russian
- Сизаль
- Slovenian
- sisalova agava
- Turkish
- Sisal
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Agave sisalana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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