Furcraea foetida

TaxID: 1824555

Basic Information

Furcraea foetida

Mauritius Hemp, Mauritius hemp

Furcraea foetida (giant gabuya, green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp) is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and northern South America. It is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in many places (India, parts of Africa, Portugal, Australia, Thailand, Florida, New Zealand, and many oceanic islands).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asparagales

Asparagaceae

Furcraea

foetida

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Furcraea foetida
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(c) James Steamer@BY-NC
Furcraea foetida
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(c) Frank Dietze@BY
Furcraea foetida
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(c) Millie Basden@BY
Furcraea foetida
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(c) Frank Dietze@BY
Furcraea foetida
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(c) Stephane Philizot@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (55 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Aruba Present —
Angola Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Bermuda Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
Chile Present —
China Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature