Agave americana pita, which are suitable for making rope, matting, or coarse cloth. They are also used for embroidery of leather in a technique known as "piteado". Both pulque and maguey fiber were important to the economy of pre-Columbian Mexico, where the fermented drink was known as "octli". In the tequila-producing regions of Mexico, agaves are called" mezcales". The high-alcohol product of fermented agave distillation is called "mezcal"; "A. americana" is one of several agaves used for distillation. A mezcal called "tequila" is produced from "Agave tequilana", commonly called "blue agave". The many different types of mezcal include some which may be
Agave × arizonica also more cylindrical flowers. Its flowers are yellow, with 10-20 per cluster, each up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long. Agave × arizonica Agave" × "arizonica is a rare plant, endemic to Arizona. It is a hybrid between two species of "Agave" in the family Asparagaceae, "A. chrysantha" and "A. toumeyana" var. "bella". It was discovered in the 1960s near a summit of the New River Mountains, near the Maricopa-Yavapai county line north of Phoenix, Arizona. "Agave" × "arizonica" is a small plant about 30 cm high and 40 cm broad. Although similar to "Agave utahensis", it has distinct differences