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Warash
Common name
Warash
Mezcal use
Valued for high-yield, quality mezcal in Guerrero; limited cultivation
Producers
Tosba
Description
Warash grows as a dense, rigid rosette that can swing from light green into darker gray-blue. Often eight to eleven years to maturity.
Size
3-6 ft (0.91-1.83 m)
State
Chihuahua; Colima; Durango; Jalisco; Nayarit; Oaxaca; Puebla; Sinaloa; Sonora; Zacatecas
Terrain
Moist mountain slopes within tropical dry forests and shrublands; well drained rocky ground
Species name
Agave rhodacantha