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Agave angustifolia
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Agave angustifolia is a species of agave plant which is native to Mexico and Central America. It is used to make mezcal and also as an ornamental plant. The cultivar 'Marginata' that white margins on the leaves is a popular variety cultivated in botanical gardens and backyards. It is very closely related to blue agave Agave tequilana, but is used to make the distilled alcoholic beverage mezcal instead of tequila, and is the predominant agave species grown in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Agave angustifolia
- Slug
- agave-angustifolia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
- Species
- angustifolia
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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