Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Agavaceae | Genus: Agave | Species: Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Flower Color | Red - Pink | |
| Common Name | Cantala, Bombay aloe, Cebu maguey, Manila maguey | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Cantala, cantala fibre | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Espa-espada, Cantala | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Upto 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Loculicidal or ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 x 3 cm, short stipitate |
| Habitat | Not known as a truly wild plant | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | It is worldwide, but especially in Southeast Asia from the Philippines to India | Bark Details | light or dark green leaves |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Sukhna Choe Reserve Forest & Sukhna Lake , Sector 26, Sector 32, Sector 36 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | All basal (attached at base of plant) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Stem very reduced or absent. Leaves forming a lax rosette, curving outwards from the base, greyish-green glaucous, shallowly channelled, more or less only in the mid area, more than 100 x 10-12 cm, widest about the middle, neck not sharply constricted. Two third of older leaves usually drooping, apical spine 1-1.5 cm, dark reddish brown. Marginal spines patent or hooked upwards. Scape 4.5-6 mm thick, terete, leafy bulbils usually in pairs, subtended by bracts. Bracts 15-20x 11-13 mm, ovate, tinged red, with narrow scarious margins. | Leaf Details | Leaves forming a lax rosette, curving outwards from the base, greyish-green glaucous, shallowly channelled, more or less only in the mid area, more than 100 x 10-12 cm, widest about the middle, neck not sharply |
