Agave karatto
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Agave karatto is a species of plant from the genus agaves ( agave ) in the subfamily of the agave family (Agavoideae).
description
Agave karatto grows as a single rosette . Their (greyish) green, upright, bent leaves are lanceolate, pointed and concave at the top. They are 130 to 175 inches long and about 20 inches wide. The leaf margins are almost straight or slightly concave and initially reddish in color. They are set with triangular, brownish, straight or differently curved or turned back marginal teeth, which are usually 5 to 15 (rarely 20) millimeters apart and 2 to 3 millimeters long. The leaves end in a black, furrowed terminal spine 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.
The 5 to 10 meter high elongated inflorescence is paniculate. The spread out partial inflorescences are in the upper third of the inflorescence. They have plenty of bulbils . The individual flowers are 60 to 65 millimeters long. Their golden yellow tepals have tips 22 millimeters long. The open conical flower tube is 7 millimeters long.
The stalked fruits are broadly elongated and short beaked. They are up to 4.5 inches long and 2 inches wide.
Systematics and distribution
Agave karatto is common in the Leeward Islands (Antilles). The first scientific description was published by Philip Miller in 1768 .
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literature
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 40 .