Agave karatto Miller

One of the large, very symmetrically growing Caribbean agaves that is best planted in the garden if you live in the right climate

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First Description


Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8, Agave No. 6, 1768




Synonyms


Agave barbadensis Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 28-29, 1913)




Agave caribaeicola Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 27, 1913)




Agave dussiana Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 26-27, 1913)




Furcraea gigantea Boldingh (1909)
    (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)



Agave keratto Steudel (1840)
    (Nomenclator Botanicus, ed. 2, 1: 36, 1840)



Agave keratto Haworth (1819)
    (nom. inval., Art. 61.1)



Agave kerrato Salm-Dyck (1859)
    (Bonplandia 7: 93, 1859)




Agave kerratto Salm-Dyck (1859)



Agave nevidis Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 24, 1913)




Agave obducta Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 25-26, 1913)




Agave salm-dyckii Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser., v. 8: 490, 1877)




Agave scheuermaniana Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 25, 1913)




Agave trankeera Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 26, 1913)




Agave vangrolae Trelease (1913)
    (Agave in the West Indies; Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 11: 24, 1913)





Literature


Trelease, W.: Agave in the West Indies; Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. XI: 23, 1913



Rogers, G.K.: A taxonomic revision of the genus Agave (Agavaceae) in the Lesser Antilles, with an ethnobotanical hypothesis, 2000




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Basic Data

Subgenus

Agave

Section

Caribaeae

Diameter


Inflorescence

Flower Color

golden yellow

Flowering Time

Reproduction

bulbils, seed

Common Name

Karatto, Karatá, Corita, Coryata


Natural Location

Occurrence

Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Martin


Remarks







 

Young

Adult

Inflorescence

Flower

Various

Various

 

 

 


Indoor Summer

Exposition

sunny to half shady

Watering

plenty


Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep over 12°C / 54°F

Soil

keep moderately moist


Outdoor

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Hardiness