Asparagaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Furcraea longaeva

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

The plant can spend long periods without flowering^{[1, 2]}. Plants often produce large quantities of bulbils that fall to the ground and develop into new plants. The bulbils can withstand difficult conditions and remain viable for a considerable period^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Furcraea+longaeva>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
[3]Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán — Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · 1993 - 2015 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/118975#/summary · ISBN 968-36-3108-8 ↩︎An excellent flora (in Spanish) of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve in southeastern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet