Agave sisalana Perrine

English: Sisal

German: Sisal-Agave

Mandarin: 剑麻 (jian ma)

Portuguese: Sisal

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Asparagales (46)

        Family: Asparagaceae (34)(family description)

          Genus: Agave (4)

            Epithet: sisalana Perrine (1)

sisalana => derived from the Mayan word 'tsootquij' for A. sisalana

Climate: sub-tropical, tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: orange

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [1683] Agave sisalana - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1832] Agave sisalana - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.
• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.