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Sarcoyucca elephantipes (Torr.) Linding.
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. l. 1. 446, in obs. 1933
Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Yucca gigantea Lem.
Ill. Hort. 6(Misc.): 91 (1859)

Sarcoyucca elephantipes (Yucca gigantea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Habit at Pukalani, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March 02, 2007.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Yucca gigantea Lem.
Ill. Hort. 6(Misc.): 91 (1859)
Synonymy: 14
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Globose crowned tree, Elephants' feet, Spanish dagger, Palm lily, Elephant yucca, Bulbstem yucca, Bluestem yucca, Guatemala yucca, Spanish bayonet, Giant yucca, Blue-stem yucca, Soft-tip yucca, Spineless yucca
FRENCH (Français): Yucca pied d'éléphant, Yucca du Guatemala
GERMAN (Deutsch): Riesenpalmlilie, Guatemalische Palmlilie
HUASTECO (Teenek): Tzamuc-cóyol, Cóyol
ITALIAN (Italiano): Tronchetto della felicità, Yucca
NAHUATL (Nāhuatl): ísotl, íocsotl
RUSSIAN (Русский): Юкка слоновая
SPANISH (Español): Palmiche (Colombia), Palmera (Guatemala), Palma yuca (Colombia), Palma bayoneta, Yuca (Colombia), Espadillo (Nicaragua), Izote (Central America), Itabo (Costa Rica), Flor de Itabo, Palmita (Mexico), Palmito (Panama), Pasqui (Belize), Palma (Mexico), Bayoneta, Espadilla, Yuc (Mexico), Telisco (Central America), Espinero (Panama)


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Habit at Huelo, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March 06, 2007. (Yucca gigantea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Habit at Huelo, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March 06, 2007. (Yucca gigantea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Flowers at Iao Tropical Gardens of Maui, Maui, Hawaii, USA. May 22, 2012. (Yucca gigantea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Blades at Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, USA. August 29, 2007. (Yucca gigantea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Habit at Iao Tropical Gardens of Maui, Maui, Hawaii, USA. May 22, 2012. (Yucca gigantea) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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