Popular Searches
Definitions
Nearby Words
Furcraea
Furcraea Gigantea www.ask.com/Furcraea+Gigantea Get Furcraea Gigantea Search for Furcraea Gigantea
Dictionary.com's Mobile Apps www.dictionary.com/mobile Ad-Free, Offline Content, Audio Pronunciation and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
Ads
Furcraea
Furcraea is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Agavaceae, native to tropical regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. Plants of this genus are the origin of fique or cabuyo, a natural fiber.
Species include:
- Furcraea andina
- Furcraea bedinghausii
- Furcraea cabuya
- Furcraea elegans
- Furcraea foetida (Mauritius Hemp)
- Furcraea hexapetala (Cuban Hemp)
- Furcraea macrophylla
- Furcraea parmentieri
- Furcraea pubescens
- Furcraea quicheensis
- Furcraea selloa (Wild Sisal)
- Furcraea tuberosa (Female Karata)
See Also
References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Furcraea
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile: Furcraea
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006 Wikipedia contributors (Disclaimer)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Friday October 03, 2008 at 18:26:55 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Friday October 03, 2008 at 18:26:55 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Related Articles
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HighBeam Research, Inc. © Copyright 2009.
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
