Agave vera-cruz Mill.

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scientific name	Agave vera-cruz Mill.
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Names.

Myanmar: thin-baw-na-nat. English: blue aloe.

Range.

Mexico. Introduced into southern Europe, northwestern Africa, Mauritius, India, and Sri Lanka. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Use.

Juice: Used as purgative.

Note.

In India the whole plant is used as a purgative ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).