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Plant description:

This plant forms huge rosettes of stiffly erect, flat, sword-shaped leaves that are each up to 3m in length. A branched inflorescence on a slender stalk may reach 6m or more in height; it has greenish flowers that are milky on the inside. A good feature plant.

Family: Agavaceae

Synonym: Furcraea gigantea

Botanical Pronunciation: fur-KREE-uh FETT-ih-duh

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Botanical name

Furcraea foetida (F. gigantea)

Plant Care

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Flowers

A branched inflorescence on a slender stalk may reach 6m or more in height; it has greenish flowers that are milky on the inside.

Common name(s)

Mauritius hemp, giant false agave

Origin

Foliage

Forms huge rosettes of stiffly erect, flat, sword-shaped leaves that are each up to 3m in length.

Uses in landscape design

A good feature plant.

Other languages

Mauritius vlas (A)

A branched inflorescence on a slender stalk may reach 6m or more in height; it has greenish flowers that are milky on the inside.
Furcraea foetida flowers

Forms huge rosettes of stiffly erect, flat, sword-shaped leaves that are each up to 3m in length.

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