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Furcraea niquivilensis is a monocarpic shrub-like agave relative from Chiapas, Mexico, forming a rosette of up to 150 sword-shaped, spiny leaves on a trunk up to 3 m tall, then flowering once and dying. It is grown for its fibre and as an erosion-control plant, and needs warm, bright conditions with well-drained soil.
Furcraea niquivilensis is a plant species native to Chiapas, Mexico.
Furcraea niquivilensisis a monocarpic shrub with a trunk up to 3 m tall, 40 cm in diameter. It produces a rosette of up to 150 leaves. Each leaf is lanceolate to sword-shaped, up to 210 cm long, 14 cm across, armed with sharp curved prickles up to 8 mm long along the margins. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 9 m, bearing a large panicle of greenish-white flowers.
The people who live in the area where the species grows plant it to control erosion. They also use the fibers in making ropes and baskets. Other members of the same genus, called fique, are used in South America in similar fashion.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Furcraea niquivilensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
