Asparagaceae
Mauritius hemp
Furcraea foetida
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Furcraea
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- فوركرا فويتيدا
- Chinese
- 萬年麻, 黄纹万年麻, 万年麻, 大龍舌蘭, 巨麻, 毛里斯麻, 臭萬年
- English
- Mauritius hemp, Giant cabuya, Green aloe
- French
- Choca vert, Chanvre de Maurice
- German
- Mauritiushanf
- Polish
- Furkroja olbrzymia, Konopie z Mauritiusa
- Portuguese
- Pita
- Telugu
- ఫర్క్రేఏ ఫోఎటిడ
- Tongan
- Faumalila
Synonyms
- Agave bulbosa K.Koch
- Agave commelini Salm-Dyck
- Agave foetida L.
- Agave gigantea (Vent.) D.Dietr.
- Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck
- Aloe foetida (L.) Crantz
- Fourcroya gigantea (Vent.) Hook.
- Funium piliferum Willemet
- Furcraea atroviridis Jacobi & Göpp.
- Furcraea barilletti Jacobi
- Furcraea commelyni (Salm-Dyck) Kunth
- Furcraea gigantea Vent.
- Furcraea gigantea var. mediopicta Trel.
- Furcraea madagascariensis Haw.
- Furcraea viridis Hemsl.
- Furcraea watsoniana Sander
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.