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Agave angustifolia
A. angustifolia plants being cultivated in Oaxaca, Mexico
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Agavoideae
Genus:	Agave
Species:	A. angustifolia
Binomial name
Agave angustifolia Haw.

Agave angustifolia (Caribbean agave) is a species of agave plant which is native to Mexico and Central America. It is used to make mezcal and also as an ornamental plant. The cultivar 'Marginata' that white margins on the leaves is a popular variety cultivated in botanical gardens and backyards. It is very closely related to blue agave Agave tequilana, but is used to make the distilled alcoholic beverage mezcal instead of tequila, and is the predominant agave species grown in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

• with inflorescence in Hyderabad, India
• inflorescence- close up in Hyderabad, India
• in Hyderabad, India
• thorn of Caribbean agave at early stages

References

1. García-Mendoza, A.J.; Casas, A.; González-Elizondo, M.; Torres-García, I.; Véliz, M.; Sandoval-Gutiérrez, D.; Hernández Sandoval, L. (2019). "Agave angustifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T96899948A96899951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T96899948A96899951.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Agave angustifolia Haw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
3. "Maguey".
4. "Tequila vs. Mezcal - Mezcal PhD". 25 November 2018.

External links

• Hort.ifas.ufl.edu: Agave angustifolia

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Agave
• Flora of Central America
• Flora of Central Mexico
• Flora of Northeastern Mexico
• Flora of Northwestern Mexico
• Garden plants of North America
• Drought-tolerant plants
• Plants described in 1812
• Asparagaceae stubs