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 polianthiflora Agave polianthiflora Agave polianthiflora is a relatively small member of the genus Agave, in the subfamily Agavoideae, endemic to northern Mexico. The succulent is native to the States of Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Sonora. "Agave polianthiflora" produces a small basal leaf rosette of about in diameter. Leaves are narrow and lanceolate, with multiple white filaments protruding from their edges. Flowers are red and tubular, in length and narrow, unusual in the genus. The flower spike is tall. "Agave polianthiflora" is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is mostly easily propagated from seed, as it does not offset as much as other