Plant Details

Accepted name:: Furcraea hexapetala (Jacq.) Urb. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
magüey	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Furcraea cubensis (Jacq.) Vent. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 66 (1793).
Furcraea macrophylla Baker Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2501 (1899).
Agave aspera Jacq. Enum. Stirp. Vindob., App.: 307 (1762).
Agave cubensis Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 100 (1763).
Agave hexapetala Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 18 (1760).
Agave odorata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 380 (1805).
Agave vivipara Arruda Diss. Pl. Brazil: 23 (1810), nom. illeg.
Furcraea agavephylla Brot. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 731 (1820).
Furcraea aspera (Jacq.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 293 (1847).
Furcraea cahum Trel. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Suppl. 3: 908 (1910).
Furcraea cubensis var. inermis Baker Bot. Mag. 107: t. 6543 (1881).
Furcraea valleculata Jacobi Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 175 (1869).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fourcraea cubensis Vent.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Furcraea cubensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Furcraea hexapetala (Jacq.) Urb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Furcraea macrophylla Baker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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