tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae

strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage

bowstring hemp of South Africa

plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green

stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant

Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae

strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage