Moon's Agave

The grey Aloe is commonly planted in the Punjab as a hedge plant and along roads. Also reported from Baluchistan (Stewart, l.c.). Fibre from the leaves is used on a small scale.

Stem reduced, covered with leaf bases. Leaves forming a lax rosette, arching upwards, the ends drooping, 1.5-2 m, linear-oblong, widest just above the middle, neck hardly constricted; apical spine 1-1.5 cm, almost black; marginal spine broad, spreading or pointing downwards, blackish-brown. Leaves green, often glaucous sometimes with a whitish bloom, shallowly channelled.

Cultivated.

Distribution: Mexico; introduced in S. Europe, N.W. Africa, Mauritius, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

1100 m