Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.

Common Name: Mauritius hemp
Furcraea foetida is a small perennial plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae. It has aromatic and fragrant flowers with white petals. It is also commonly known as green aloe, giant cabuya and Mauritius hemp. F. foetida is typically found growing in moist soil at elevations between 1,000-3,000 feet above sea level with little direct sunlight due to its limited range of distribution. The plant can grow up to 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide. The main stem or trunk at the base of the plant is quite short (i.e. less than 1 m tall and often only 20-30 cm tall) and is usually hidden below the leaves. The large flowering stems are green, hairless (i.e. glabrous), and very robust. The very large fleshy (i.e. succulent) leaves are arranged in a rosette and are elongated in shape (i.e. linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate). These rigid leaves (1.2-2.5 m long and 7-20 cm wide on adult plants) are mostly entire, but usually have some widely-spaced hooked prickles (4-10 mm long) along their lower margins. They are pale green or bright green in colour, somewhat glossy in appearance, and are gradually narrowed to a sharp brown spine (4-8 cm long) at the tip (i.e. apical spine). Smaller leaves are also alternately arranged along the base of the flowering stem.
References
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2. https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/furcraea_foetida.htm