Agave macroculmis
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Sap - drink
The sap is fermented to produce the traditional drink pulque.
How to Identify
An agave native to tropical regions.
Medicinal Uses
The sap is used to produce the drink pulque.
References (1)
- Casas, A., et al, 2016, Evolutionary Ethnobotanical Studies of Incipient Domestication of Plants in Mesoamerica. In Lira, R., et al, (eds.) Ethnobotany of Mexico, Ethnobiology. Springer p 266
