Furcraea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Furcraea

| image = Starr_041120-0950_Furcraea_foetida.jpg

| image_caption = Furcraea foetida in Hawaii

| authority = Vent.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5492136#page/77/mode/1up%7B%7Bbare+url+inline%7Cdate=December+2024%7D%7D|title=Bulletin des sciences|date=December 8, 1791|publisher=Fuchs|volume=t.1 (1791-1799)}}

| type_species = Furcraea cubensis

| type_species_authority = (Jacq.) Vent.lectotype designated by Britton, Flora of Bermuda 80 (1918){{full citation needed|date=December 2024}}

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = * Fourcroya Spreng.

• Funium P.Willemet
• Roezlia Laurentius

}}

Furcraea is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae,{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Agavoideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Agavaceae }} native to tropical regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. Some species are also naturalized in parts of Africa, the United States (Florida), Portugal, Thailand, India, and Australia, as well as on various oceanic islands.{{Cite POWO | id=30426142-2 | title =Furcraea Vent. |access-date=8 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Furcraea|title=2013 BONAP North American Plant Atlas. TaxonMaps|website=bonap.net}}García-Mendoza, A. 2000. Revisión taxonómica de las especies arborescentes de Furcraea (Agavaceae) en México y Guatemala. Bol. Soc. Bot. México 66: 113–129 Plants of this genus are the origin of fique or cabuyo, a natural fiber.{{cn|date=December 2024}}