ʻO Agave americana, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka mea kanu kenekulia, maguey, a i ʻole aloe ʻAmelika, he ʻano mea kanu pua no ka ʻohana Asparagaceae.He kanaka maoli ia no Mekiko a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Texas.Hoʻoulu nui ʻia kēia mea kanu ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa no kona waiwai nani a ua lilo i mea kūlohelohe i nā wahi like ʻole, e like me Southern California, West Indies, South America, the Mediterranean Basin, Africa, the Canary Islands, India, Kina, Thailand, a me Australia.