Mexico is place toa wide varietyof plants . Cacti , ferns , bromeliads and orchids , as well as palms and magnolia , flourish there . Agave , Mexican sycamore and Euphorbia pulcherrima are just a few of the many plants , trees and flowers found growing there .

Agave

The blue American aloe , also known as the hundred plant , is native to Mexico and most ordinarily have it off for the beverage made from its succus . Tequila is made from Weber ’s blue agave ( Agave tequilana azul ) . It is a succulent perennial with deep , fibrous leaves that grow flat up from its little potato - eccentric nerve center reaching 6 feet in height .

This plant is utilized for much more than an alcohol-dependent beverage . The character from the leaves of the henequen ( Agave fourcroydes ) and Agave sisalana ( Agave sisalana ) is glean and used to make fibrous twine . The heart and flower stalk of the flora have a sweet tone and can be roast and eaten . Flour is made from the seeds . The muggins of Agave salmiana can be fermented and made into pulque , which is standardized to beer . It is also used as a born fencing . When multiple agave are planted in a row , they imprint a roadblock that will deter trespassers and livestock alike .

Mexican Sycamore

The Mexican plane tree ( Platanus mexicana ) is also known as the Mexican plane . It is a big deciduous Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that grows to over 60 feet magniloquent . Mexican Ficus sycomorus is commonly line up throughout wetland country in valleys and near rivers in northeast and central Mexico . The star - shaped leave are large , measuring about 8 in across . The tops of the farewell are medium green and the fundament are silvery white . They commonly grow as a split or multiple trunk - eccentric tree diagram with smooth , silver - gray bark . The flower is unremarkable and the yield is round and bristly . Mexican sycamores are usually grown as shade tree . They are very tight develop and drouth resistive .

Poinsettia

Poinsettia ( Euphorbia pulcherrima ) grows naturally in tropic areas of Mexico . In its natural habitat , it is a tall bush that grows to be about 10 foot tall . The ellipse foliage are dark gullible with point along the edges and at the backsheesh . The leave on the top of the plant or branches are red or white . The works produce tiny yellowish peak at the top above the red or white leaf .

Poinsettias were have it off as " cuetlayochiti " to the Aztecs and " crown of the Andes " in Chile and Peru . The Aztec power Montezuma enjoyed the plants so much that he would have them brought by train to the sphere now have it away as Mexico City . They do not grow course at that altitude . Poinsettias are now grown in greenhouses all over the human race and sell as a decorative plants at Christmas time .

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