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Internal ID UUID6440265968734865569552
Scientific name Furcraea foetida
Authority (L.) Haw.
First published in Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum 1812

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It is also used as a medicinal plant, and for its essential oils. It is also grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, and is used as a windbreak or hedge.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agave commelini Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck. : 301 (1834)
Agave foetida L. Sp. Pl. : 323 (1753)
Agave gigantea (Vent.) D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 2: 1192 (1840)
Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck Index Pl. Succ. Hort. Dyck. : 1 (1822)
Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 466 (1766)
Fourcroya gigantea (Vent.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5163. 1860 (1860)
Funium piliferum Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 26 (1798)
Furcraea atroviridis Jacobi & Göpp. in Jacobi, Vers. Syst. Ord. Agav 273.
Furcraea barilletti Jacobi Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 166 (1869)
Furcraea commelyni (Salm-Dyck) Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 842 (1850)
Furcraea gigantea Vent. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 65 (1793)
Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1306. 1915
Furcraea madagascariensis Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ. : 42 (1819)
Furcraea viridis Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 353 (1884)
Furcraea watsoniana Sander Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 23: 242. 1898 (1898)
Agave bulbosa K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 14(17): 130. 1871 [29 Apr 1871]

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Language Common/alternative name
English giant cabuya
English green aloe
English mauritius hemp
German mauritiushanf
French choca vert
French chanvre de maurice
Polish furkroja olbrzymia
Polish fourcroya olbrzymia
Polish konopie z mauritiusa
Portuguese pita
Telugu ఫర్క్రేఏ ఫోఎటిడ
Tonga faumalila
Chinese 黄纹万年麻
Chinese 萬年麻
Chinese 臭萬年
Chinese 毛里斯麻
Chinese 巨麻
Chinese 万年麻
Chinese 大龍舌蘭

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000768263
Florida Plant Atlas 118
USDA Plants FUFO
Tropicos 1201374
INPN 447699
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64429-1
The Plant List kew-307055
Observations.org 125540
NCBI Taxonomy 1824555
Nature Serve 2.137586
IPNI 75499-3
iNaturalist 163131
GBIF 2769796
Freebase /m/06lmqc
EPPO FURFO
EOL 1088604
US Library of Congress sh2021006927
USDA GRIN 70919
Wikipedia Furcraea_foetida
Open Tree Of Life 643224

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Effect of chemical treatment on physio-mechanical properties of lignocellulose natural fiber extracted from the bark of careya arborea tree H JR, Singh S, Janaki Ramulu P, Santos TF, Santos CM, M.R S, Suyambulingam I, Siengchin S Heliyon 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10907790
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26706
PMID:38434283
Characterization of new cellulose fiber extracted from second generation Bitter Albizia tree Sathishkumar TP, Shah MA, Panchal H, Sharma K, Gopinath R, Sanjay MR, Siengchin S, Rajesh Kumar L, Rampradheep GS Sci Rep 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10799074
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51719-y
PMID:38242914
Phytochemical analysis, GC–MS profile and determination of antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant activities of peel and seeds extracts (chloroform and ethyl acetate) of Tamarindus indica L Tavanappanavar AN, Mulla SI, Shekhar Seth C, Bagewadi ZK, Rahamathulla M, Muqtader Ahmed M, Ayesha Farhana S Saudi J Biol Sci 25-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10730893
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103878
PMID:38125735
Participatory ethnobotany: comparison between two quilombos in the Atlantic Forest, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Sauini T, Henrique Gonçalves Santos P, Paulino Albuquerque U, Yazbek P, da Cruz C, Hortal Pereira Barretto E, Alice dos Santos M, Silva Gomes MA, dos Santos G, Braga S, José Francischetti Garcia R, Honda S, Matta P, Aragaki S, Ueno A, Rodrigues E PeerJ 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10637247
doi:10.7717/peerj.16231
PMID:37953791
Plant-Associated Neoscytalidium dimidiatum—Taxonomy, Host Range, Epidemiology, Virulence, and Management Strategies: A Comprehensive Review Derviş S, Özer G J Fungi (Basel) 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10672476
doi:10.3390/jof9111048
PMID:37998855
Extraction and characterization of a newly developed cellulose enriched sustainable natural fiber from the epidermis of Mikania micrantha Karim FE, Islam MR, Ahmed R, Siddique AB, Begum HA Heliyon 22-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10469073
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19360
PMID:37662786
Chemical extraction and its effect on the properties of cordleaf burbark (Triumfetta cordifolia A. rich) fibres for the manufacture of textile yarns Soppie AG, Betené AD, Anicet Noah PM, Njom AE, Betené Ebanda F, Ateba A, Mewoli A, Efeze DN, Moukené R Heliyon 23-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10319242
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17581
PMID:37408913
Characterization of new natural cellulosic fiber from Calamus tenuis (Jati Bet) cane as a potential reinforcement for polymer composites Kar A, Saikia D Heliyon 23-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10238902
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16491
PMID:37274658
Pest categorisation of Neoscytalidium dimidiatum Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Maiorano A, Pautasso M, Reignault PL EFSA J 10-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10171073
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8001
PMID:37179656
Biodegradable Green Composites: Effects of Potassium Permanganate (KMnO4) Treatment on Thermal, Mechanical, and Morphological Behavior of Butea Parviflora (BP) Fibers Abisha M, Priya RK, Arunachalam KP, Avudaiappan S, Saavedra Flores EI, Parra PF Polymers (Basel) 05-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10180971
doi:10.3390/polym15092197
PMID:37177343
A low-density cellulose rich new natural fiber extracted from the bark of jack tree branches and its characterizations Hossain S, Jalil MA, Islam T, Rahman MM Heliyon 17-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9678735
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11667
PMID:36425436
A New Species of the Mealybug Genus Mirococcus (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) from the Cape Verde Islands, with New Records and an Updated Checklist of Scale Insect Species Łagowska B, Golan K, Hodgson CJ Insects 31-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9697468
doi:10.3390/insects13110999
PMID:36354823
Diversity of Useful Plants in Cabo Verde Islands: A Biogeographic and Conservation Perspective Duarte MC, Gomes I, Catarino S, Brilhante M, Gomes S, Rendall A, Moreno Â, Fortes AR, Ferreira VS, Baptista I, Dinis H, Romeiras MM Plants (Basel) 15-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9144021
doi:10.3390/plants11101313
PMID:35631738
Processing, Characterization of Furcraea foetida (FF) Fiber and Investigation of Physical/Mechanical Properties of FF/Epoxy Composite Madival AS, Doreswamy D, Maddasani S, Shettar M, Shetty R Polymers (Basel) 06-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9003038
doi:10.3390/polym14071476
PMID:35406353
Looking into the flora of Dutch Brazil: botanical identifications of seventeenth century plant illustrations in the Libri Picturati Alcàntara-Rodríguez M, Françozo M, Van Andel T Sci Rep 05-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8492696
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99226-8
PMID:34611224

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