Yucca gloriosa

• Botanical Name : Yucca gloriosa L.
• Synonyms : Yucca acuminata Sweet
• Common Name : Adam's Needle, Spanish Dagger
• Plant Family : Agavaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra

About Yucca gloriosa Plant :

• Habit : A larger shrub.
• Leaves : Stiff, radical or on the stem, round about, lanceolate, sharp-pointed.
• Flowers :
  • Cream-white, with reddish tinge, large on a big terminal panicle of many flowers.
  • Perianth cup-shaped, waxy in texture, opening and fragrant at night, drooping, segments 6, connate at base.
  • Stamens 6, hypogynous anthers large.
  • Ovary superior, sessile, 3-celled, style thick, stigma 3-lobed.
• Fruit : Capsule 6-ridged.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - September
• Significance : Commonly cultivated in the gardens.