Large evergreen succulent perennial ; up to 180 cm long , with numerous suckers . Stems short , woody , green or greyish green . Leaves bract-like , rosette , alternate , lanceolate , thick or rigid , fleshy , erect or ascending or spreading , reflexed towards the apex , acute apex , spiny-edged or serrate margins , blue-green ; old leaves arch down . Flowers large , greeish-yellow ; flower stalk up to 450 cm long . Fruit capsule , large , oblong , beaked apex , green turn to brown or blackish in colour as they mature . Seeds 6-8 mm long , black , shiny . (Ref . https://www . gardenia . net) .
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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
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Agave spectabilis Salisb.
Aloe americana (L.) Crantz
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Century Plant
Maguey
American Agave
American Aloe
Flowering Aloe
Spiked Aloe
Mexican Soap Plant
Agave Cactus
Not used traditionally. However, in Omani studies: Hammer et al., (2009) wrote that: "Also ornamental plant". (Ref. Hammer et al., 2009).
POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org https://pza.sanbi.org https://keys.lucidcentral.org https://en.wikipedia.org Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4.
