Download Everything you need to know about Agave

By Randall Tom
What is Agave?
Mostly found in
Southwestern United
states and Mexico
 Average stock length 8
meters long
 Leaves can grow up to 2
meters long
 Prefers warm climate
 Can live off little water

Misconceptions
Not Aloe
 Not part of the cactus
family

Indian uses (Food)
Edible flowers
 Roast stalks
 Stalk produces sap
which can be used as
a sugar substitute
 Leaves used for
source of fiber

Indian uses (Tools)
Sharp spine used as
needles
 Juices from leaves can
be used for soap
 Pens
 String to sew

Indian uses (Medicinal)
Leaf tea to treat
constipation and
excess gas
 Root tea used to treat
arthritic joints

White uses
Tequila
 Barbeque sauces
 Jellies and
marmalade
 Breads
 Energy bars

Why should we care?
Many of the products we use in our life
are created from agave
 Shows that Indians are a good example
on how to use maximize the use of their
resources

 Shouldn’t be looked upon as “primitive”
Video

50 foot Agave plant
Works Cited
Agave. 01 June 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave>.
Dozier, Deborah. Stalking the Wild Agave:.
Banning: Malki Museum Press, 2003.
Employee, Museum. Agave Randall Tom. 01 June
2008.
Facts about Agave Syrup. 2006. 01 June 2009
<http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:yE4p3d9UnAJ:www.agavenectar.co.uk/facts.htm+agave+facts&hl=en&ct=cl
nk&cd=2&gl=us&client=opera>.