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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH445 : Agave americana L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Liliales
Family : Agavaceae - Century-plant family
Genus : Agave L. - agave
Species : Agave americana L. - American century plant
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Agavaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Kamal Cactus, Gwarpatha, Agave, Century Plant, Kalabanda;
 
Synonym : Agave altissima Zumagl.
Agave americana var. marginata Trel.
Agave americana var. mediopicta Trel.
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc.
Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss
Agave americana var. striata Trel.
Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan
Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc.
Agave americana var. variegata Hook.
Agave americana f. virginica Voss
Agave communis Gaterau
Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot.
Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino
Agave felina Trel.
Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi
Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel.
Agave ingens A.Berger
Agave melliflua Trel.
Agave milleri Haw.
Agave ornata Jacobi
Agave picta Salm-Dyck
Agave ramosa Moench
Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss
Agave subtilis Trel.
Agave subzonata Trel.
Agave theometel Zuccagni
Agave variegata Steud.
Agave virginica Mill. 1768, non L.
Agave zonata Trel.
Description : Stem reduced. Leaves forming a rosette, curving outwards, the ends drooping, more than 1 m long, widest about the middle, neck not sharply constricted. green, sometimes glaucous, often with pale yellow borders or otherwise variegated, shallowly channelled only at the apical region. Apical spine c. 1 cm, dark reddish brown-black, marginal spines pointing downwards.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The sap can also be taken internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery. The sap is antiseptic, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue and laxative. An infusion of the chopped leaf is purgative and the juice of the leaves is applied to bruises. The plant is used internally in the treatment of indigestion, flatulence, constipation, jaundice and dysentery. The sap has disinfectant properties and can be taken internally to check the growth of putrefactive bacteria in the stomach and intestines. Water in which agave fibre has been soaked for a day can be used as a scalp disinfectant and tonic in cases of falling hair. A gum from the root and leaf is used in the treatment of toothache. The roots are steeped in water, and the water ingested for treating various ailments such as stomach pain, painful and difficult urination, scurvy, swollen and bleeding pulp of teeth, swollen bones, constipation, and poor appetite or loss of appetite.
 
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Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :