agave: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Agave

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Agave angustifolia plant with long, narrow, pointed green leaves edged in white, growing among rocks outdoors.

Bat pollination

Flowering agave

Rows of spiky sisal plants grow in a large plantation near Fort Dauphin, southern Madagascar, with distant mountains visible under a clear sky.

Bundles of natural sisal rope stacked closely together, showing coarse, tan fibers and rough texture.

Master mezcalero Gregorio Martinez chops large agave hearts, called pinas, in a grinding mill with a stone wheel at a mezcal production facility in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Baja California: agave

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