Move your mouse over image to enlarge. Barcode: CAL0000003118 Family: AMARYLLIDACEAE Scientific Name: Agave americana Blanco Uses: Plant also used as a fishpoison. Core of the plant used for ascites, dropsy, venereal sores, and dysentery. Leaves used as laxative and emmenagogue, also given for scurvy; also syphilis, scrofula and cancer. Roots diuretic and diaphoretic.
