Furcraea hexapetala

Botanical Description

Furcraea hexapetala is a succulent, evergreen, perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves about 75cm long from a very short woody trunk about 7 - 10cm in diameter[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for the fibre contained in its leaves and is also locally cultivated as fibre plant in the Antilles[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].