EPPO Global Database

Yucca gigantea(UCCEP)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-04-08

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: UCCEP
  • Preferred name: Yucca gigantea
  • Authority: Lemaire

Notes

Mexico, Central America.  Widely cultivated as an ornamental. Naturalized in Caribbean and Ecuador


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Yucca elephantipes Regel
Yucca guatemalensis Baker

Common names
Name Language
blue-stem yucca English
elephant yucca English
giant yucca English
soft-tip yucca English
Spanish bayonette English
spineless yucca English
Guatemala-Palmlilie German
Riesenpalmlilie German
arbre de vie French
yucca commun French
yucca pied-d'éléphant French
cogollo de itabo Spanish
flor de itabo Spanish
izote Spanish
iuca-pata-de-elefante Portuguese
pau-de-água Portuguese
seinen-no-ki Japanese
yukka Japanese
セイネンノキ Japanese
ユッカ Japanese
юкка гигантская Russian
юкка слоновая Russian