Agave wocomahi

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Wocomahi

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers, Growing tip

The flowers are cooked and eaten like a squash. The growing tip is also edible.

It is a tropical plant.

Central America, Mexico, North America,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

An agave in the Asparagaceae family, found in tropical regions.

There are about 250 Agave species. The Agavaceae are mostly in the tropics and subtropics.

References (5)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 406
Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 35
Nugent, J., 1999, Agaves and cacti., Permaculture plants. Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute. PO Box 10, Nanup, WA, 6275
Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 527:96. 1942
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew