Yucca gloriosa L.

 
  • 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) : Yucca gloriosa L.
  • Common name : Spanish Dagger, Adam's needle
  • Vernacular name : Yucca (Marathi)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated. Fiber is used for carpet and mat making
  • Flower, Fruit : March-August
  • Native : West Indies, America
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • 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=Yucca gloriosa. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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