Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Agave L. [644]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Asparagaceae

family_ja: キジカクシ

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distribution_en: S.US to trop. S.America

description_en: Genus of more than 200 species of rosette-forming, perennial or mono-carpic succulents from desert and mountain regions of North, Central, and South America, and the West Indies, The leaves are often rigid and fleshy, usually having sharp terminal spines and toothed margins. The funnel-shaped, short-tubed flowers, each with 6 tepals, are borne in umbel-like clusters, racemes or panicles on leafless stems from the centres of the rosettes. The ovoid or spherical, capsular fruits contain numerous flat black seeds. In most species, the rosettes die after flowering and fruiting, leaving offsets to mature and flower in subsequent years. In frost-prone areas, grow in a cool or temperate greenhouse; in frost-free areas, grow as specimen plants.

hardiness_en: Half hardy to frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 2l°C (70°F) in early spring. Remove offsets In spring or autumn; if already rooted, treat as mature plants. Insert unrooted offsets, or plantlets of A. americana and other species in a mix of equal parts peat and sharp sand until rooted.

pests_en: Prone to scale insects, particularly on young growth.

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comment_ja: リュウゼツラン，サイザル

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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