Fox Tail Agave
(Agave Attenuata Salm-Dyck)
Fox Tail Agave
(Agave Attenuata Salm-Dyck)
Fox tail agave is native to Central Mexico, Northwest Mexico, and Southwest Mexico, and has been introduced to the Canary Islands, Libya, Madeira, Northern New Zealand, and Sicily. It is widely used as an ornamental plant in gardens and has medicinal properties in traditional medicine.
Foxtail Agave grows in the lowlands to the highlands at an altitude of 1,900 - 2,500 m above sea level. Likes full sun, sand and clay soil types, well-drained, and acidic soil pH conditions.
The softwood stem is rounded where the leaves attach.
The leaves grow densely in overlapping whorls, thick, fleshy, and lanceolate with pointed tips and smooth edges.
The flowers grow in spikes up to 3.7 m long, forming a wolf's tail-like structure and are grayish-yellow in color.
Propagation using seeds (generative) and offsets (separation of offspring from the parent).
Maintains bone health, improves nerve and muscle function, improves blood circulation, helps overcome digestive disorders, gastric fermentation, chronic constipation, burns, wounds, and skin abrasions.
Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate, 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, n-docosane, eicosane, phenolics, flavonoids, saponins, and glycolic acid.
Socfindo Conservation. 2021. Agave Mahkota. https://www.socfindoconservation.co.id/plant/688 (24-04-2023)