We can now gauge the growth on Day Five - about 25 cms a day and now you can estimate the dimensions of the stalk of the flower. I guess I need to correct my original description as its other alternate common names are Century Plant or Maguey or American Aloe but there are others.
All parts of the plant can be used but one interesting medicinal use I read on a database but would like to find the full evidence for is that in Catalonia the bark is peeled and roasted in olive oil and applied to the chest in cases of pneumonia; also some reference to use as a steroid and in the treatment of angina.
The central plugof the plant is sweet and can be tapped by boring a hole in it.... more anon.
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