Asparagaceae FAMILY

Yucca madrensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Yucca madrensis is an evergreen, succulent, perennial plant forming a thin, open rosette of leaves that can each be 50 - 100cm long and 20 - 35mm wide. The plant gradually develops a short, unbranched trunk that can occasionally be 2 metres high[ 1842 Title The Agave Family in Sonora; Agriculture Handbook No. 399 Publication Author Gentry H.S. Publisher Agicultural Research Service, USDA; Washington D.C. Year 1972 ISBN Description Gives quite a lot of information on the traditional uses of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of soap. The plant forms a low, rather bluish-leaved, ornamental rosette with leaves that are sometimes unusually long and somewhat arching[ 1842 Title The Agave Family in Sonora; Agriculture Handbook No. 399 Publication Author Gentry H.S. Publisher Agicultural Research Service, USDA; Washington D.C. Year 1972 ISBN Description Gives quite a lot of information on the traditional uses of the plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthwest N. America - southeast Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua).

HabitatRocky slopes on limestone soils, in pine-oak forest; at elevations from 1,400 - 1,600 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]