- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- English Names
- American Sisal
- American Aloe
- Natural Habitat
- tropical and subtropical countries
- Mexico
- Southern Europe
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Agavae
- Radix Agavae
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: sugar
- saponin; root: sugar
- resin
- Action
- diuretic
- depurative
- anti-scorbutic
- anti-syphilitic
- In Mexico a favorite drink (called Pulque) is prepared from the sweet sap. The roots are considered antisyphilitic and are employed as a substitute for Radix Sarsaparillae
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