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Sisal (Plant)

LC control no.sh 96010211
LC classificationQK495.A26 Botany
SB261.S4 Culture
Topical headingSisal (Plant)
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Variant(s)Agave houlleti
Agave houlletiana
Agave laevis
Agave rigida
Agave sisala
Agave sisalana
Green sisal
Hemp, Sisal (Plant)
Sisal agave
Sisal hemp
Sisal hemp (Plant)
True sisal (Plant)
See alsoAgaves
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Found inWork cat.: 96-202998: Hartemink, A.E. Soil fertility decline under sisal cultivation in Tanazana, 1995: p. 6 (Sisal is a vegetable fibre extrated from leaves of an agave (Agave sisalana Perrine))
Web. 3 Sisal 1a also sisal hemp (A strong durable white fiber ... b. a West Indian agave (Agave sisalana))
Random House: Sisal 1. Also called sisal hemp (A fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana) 2. (The plant itself.)
Hortus 3 (Agave sisalana Perrine. Sisal hemp. Hemp plant)
FAO plants (Agave sisalana (A. rigida) sisal, true sisal, green sisal, sisal hemp)
Howes dict. useful and everyday plants and their common names (sisal or sisal hemp Agave sisalana)
Terrell cklist names 3,000 vasc. plants econ. import. (Agave sisalana Perrine sisal)
SPN (Agave sisalana (houlleti, houlletiana, laevis, sisala Sisal agave)
CAB thes. (Sisal rt Agave sisalana)
LC database, Oct. 17, 1996 (sisal)
Invalid LCCNsh 85122992