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\"Agave
Agave americana in bloom. Photo courtesy of Carsten Niehaus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>In 1843, within his work History of the Conquest of Mexico, <\/em>the noted Hispanic historian William H. Prescott described Agave americana <\/em>as the \u201cmiracle of nature.\u201d[1] Agave received such an impressive title because of its tremendous variety of uses, and incredibly versatile nature. As Prescott observed, this incredibly important plant provided early peoples with a significant resource. Historically, the leaves, flowers, and tubers of A. americana<\/em> were used by groups such as the Aztecs and Apache as a staple food source.[1,2] Besides being an immensely important food source, A. americana<\/em> provided a source of paper, soap, and cordage along with sewing needles from the spines and an alcoholic drink from the fermented pulp.[3] Today A. americana<\/em> continues to provide components for many commercial products, including a substitute sweetener with a low glycemic index.<\/p>\n

[1] Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist<\/em> 8:143-61.
\n[2] Castetter, Edward F. 1935 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food. University of New Mexico Bulletin<\/em> 4(1):1-44
\n[3] Sturtevant, E. Lewis. Sturtevant\u2019s Notes on Edible Plants. Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printers, 1919.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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