Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agave americana L. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Agave americana var. franzosini Sprenger

Agave americana var. oaxacensis Gentry

Agave americana subsp. protamericana Gentry

Agave americana subsp. americana

Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aane katthaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agave	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
agave americana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
agave d'amérique	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
airoppakkaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alagai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allikkoni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aloe hundertjähr	Other	Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
aloe, american	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
american agave	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
american aloe	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
american-aloe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
anai-k-karralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anai-kattaleyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaik-kartazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaik-katrazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikkaralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikkattalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anakyitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anekatali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anekatalle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anekattale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anekattali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anemundai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banda-kattala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bans-keora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banskeora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bara-kanvar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barakanwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barakhawar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoothaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuttala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuttale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilatipat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centuary	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
century plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
century-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chager-matta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
changanara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daddoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devva baale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devvabale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eroppakaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garingboom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gawar-patha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghayal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hathi-sengar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hathisengar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hundert-jährige agave	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ilaitikedara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakacimatal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakacimattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakkacimattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-gawar-patha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-kanvar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglianarash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalakantala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalambanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalnaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalnaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaluaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
kanwarpat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkalikarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthaale naaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkatalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kettuke	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
kittanara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maguey	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
marakkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miruttari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miruttarikkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
méjico	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
natkaida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattukaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naykkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panam-katrazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panamkatrazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panankarrala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panankarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panankattaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panankattazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruntalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyccetikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peykkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyuvitakkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyuvitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pita	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
piteira brava	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
piteira de boi	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pitikalabanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyyatikalabanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakas-pattah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakashi-mattalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakashimatalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakashimatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakashimattlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakashimatulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakaspatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakaspattah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakshasa baale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakshasabale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakshasimatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ram ban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ram-bansh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rambans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rambasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramkanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
redi-ananas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saga-nara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemakaitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seubbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayatikorkand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Juice		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
Leaf		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agave spectabilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 247 (1796), nom. superfl.
Aloe americana (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 466 (1766).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agave Americana L.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Agave americana	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Agave americana L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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