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 HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Agave sisalana

Auwahi, Maui

SISAL

Locally naturalized in dry, rocky disturbed areas.  Young leaves with bluish waxy coating, becoming dull green, edge smooth or with small prickles.  Flowering once after 8-20 years.  Cultivated to produce fiber.  Native to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.