• Family : AGAVACEAE
  (Agave Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : RAJANIGANDHA FAMILY (रजनीगंधा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ASPARAGACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Agave cantala var. cantala
• Vernacular name : Chota Guial, Guial (Marathi);
• Habit : Shrub
• Comments / notes : Rare. Naturalized
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Cultivated
• Native : Central America
• World Distribution : Cultivated and naturalized
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Agave cantula. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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