Herb, has no stem. Its thick and massive gray-green leaves originate from a basal rosette. The leaves get up to 6' long and 10" wide, and have sharp spines on the margins and tips. The flower stalk is branched, 20-40' tall, and bears large (3-4") yellow-green flowers.

Diuretic (root); anticancer, laxative, emmenagogue and piscicidial (leaf); diaphoretic, dropsy, venereal sores, dysentery.

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Chlorogenin, kaempferol-3-glucoside and kaempferol-3-rutinoside (flower); agavasaponins (leaf); oxalic acid, tigogenin, xylose (plant).

Syphilis, scrofula, to bruises, cancer, for indigestion, flatulence, constipation, jaundice, dysentery and gonorrhea (leaf juice); for toothache (gum from root and leaf).

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.