Agave (Agave americana)

Family: Agavaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: White, Yellow. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Shoots, Sap/Syrup

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich in saccharine matter and can be eaten when baked. — The heart of the plant is very rich in saccharine matter and can be eaten when baked.; Sweet and nutritious, but rather fibrous.; It is partly below ground.; Seed - ground into a flour and used as a thickener in soups or used with cereal flours when making bread.

Habitat & North American Range

Original habitat is unknown but it grows wild in Mexico on cultivated land and in pine woods. Sandy places in desert scrub at elevations around 200 metres in Texas and eastern Mexico. (Zone 8)