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It has palm like leaves

Soap Tree Yucca

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Scientific Name- Yucca elata 

Kingdom- Tracheobionta 

Phylum- Magnoliophyta 

Class- Liliidae

Order- Liliales

Family- Agavaceae 

Genus- Yucca 

Species- elata 

 

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It is most commonly called the Soap Tree Yucca because in the older days, Native Americans used to take the sap out of the trees to make soap. The Soaptree Yucca is a tall 10-18 foot plant with palm treelike leaves. 

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