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Agave angustifolia plant with long, narrow, pointed green leaves edged in white, growing among rocks outdoors. Agave leaves 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. Agave farm 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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Caribbean agave
A large Caribbean agave (Agave angustifolia).
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Agave leaves
A close-up of the armed and leathery leaves of an Agave species. The leaves...
© Yvette Charboneau
Bat pollination
Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) pollinating Agave...
© Rolf Nussbaumer/Getty Images
Flowering agave
Agave plant (Agave americana) growing in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Most...
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Leaf fiber plantation
Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation near Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro), southern...
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Sisal
Rope made from the leaf fibers of sisal.
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Agave farm
Blue agave (Agave tequilana) being grown for tequila production.
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Preparing agave hearts for mezcal
Mezcalero Gregorio Martinez chopping up roasted piñas (agave hearts)...
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Baja California: agave
Agave plants growing in Baja California, Mexico.
© Robert and Linda Mitchell
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