Furcraea niquivilensis is a plant species native to Chiapas, Mexico.[1]
Furcraea niquivilensisis a monocarpic shrub with a trunk up to 3 m tall, 40 cm in diameter. It produces a rosette of up to 150 leaves. Each leaf is lanceolate to sword-shaped, up to 210 cm long, 14 cm across, armed with sharp curved prickles up to 8 mm long along the margins. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 9 m, bearing a large panicle of greenish-white flowers.[2] [3] [4]
The people who live in the area where the species grows plant it to control erosion. They also use the fibers in making ropes and baskets.[2] Other members of the same genus, called fique, are used in South America in similar fashion.