Furcraea longaeva
 
 a plant that holds the record for having the tallest recorded flowering inflorescence upwards of 9m (that is not a tree, it is an inflorescence). It takes more than 50 years to flower and then dies. We are lucky to have one flowering at the Botanic Garden in the National Autonomuus University of Mexico.




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Furcraea longaeva

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