Giant cabuya
ఫర్క్రేఏ ఫోఎటిడ
Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
- light
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- water
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- tall
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- wide
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Asparagaceae
Also called Green aloe, Mauritius hemp
Formerly Agave bulbosa, Agave commelyni, Agave foetida, Agave gigantea, and 11 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Costa Rica to N. South America and S. CaribbeanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Flowers
- Cream, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, height, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 万年麻, 巨麻
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 大龍舌蘭, 毛里斯麻, 臭萬年
- Telugu
- ఫర్క్రేఏ ఫోఎటిడ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
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