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Agave cantala Roxb.

[ Family : Agavaceae (Amaryllidaceae) ]

[ Synonyms : Agave bulbifera Salm-Dyck ; Agave candelabrum Tod.; Agave rumphii Hassk.; Agave stenophylla Jacobi ]

[ Common name (Local) : Kantala, Murga ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Kantala, Murga, Bilati anaras | Sanskrit : Not available yet | Hindi : Not available yet | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Bombay aloe, Hill aloe, Cantala, Manila maguey | Other Languages : Malaikkarralai (Tam.) ; Erikatali (Tel.)

[ Trade Name : Kantala ]

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Acaulescent rhizom-atous shrub
Habitat & Ecology : Terrestrial, Xerophyte, wild.Xerophyte
Occurrence : Throughout south-west Bengal (red laterite region)

Status : Inrequent
Botanical Character : Almost stemless perennial herb with strong rhizome. Leaves alternate, large, tufted, entire, thick, fleshy with a coating of wax and clustered at the top of rootstock; tip and the edges of the leaves are spiny. Flowering rare, gigantic racemose inflorescence borne at the top of a naked scape; flowers large, bisexual; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 6-lobed. Fruit globose; seeds many.

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Flowering & Fruiting : October--March
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Root, Leaf

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Remarks

Mexican in origin

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