Yerum Lei / Adam's Needle
Yucca aloifolia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Yerum Lei
Identify Yerum Lei by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Rigid sharp-tipped leaves on a woody trunk.
- Confirm leaf shape: Rigid sword-shaped.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Rigid sword-shapedrecorded
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The trunk is armed with sharp pointed straplike leaves with fine-toothed edges, each about 2 ft (0.61 m) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yerum Lei itself; the rest are typical of the Agavaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Eventually the tip of the trunk develops a 2 ft (0.61 m) long spike of white, purplish-tinged flowers, each blossom about 4 in (12.7 cm) across.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“Eventually the tip of the trunk develops a 2 ft (0.61 m) long spike of white, purplish-tinged flowers, each blossom about 4 in (12.7 cm) across.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yerum Lei itself; the rest are typical of the Agavaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯌꯦꯔꯨꯝꯂꯩ Yerum lei
About Yerum Lei
Adam's needle (Yucca aloifolia) belongs to the Agavaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and 3 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten.
Agavaceae
Agave Family
Yerum Lei belongs to the Agavaceae family.
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