"furcraea tuberosa" is a large perennial plant with succulent leaves. it is either stemless or has a stem less than high. the numerous leaves are arranged in a rosette and range from more-or-less upright to spreading. they are long with marginal reddish brown teeth about long. the inflorescence is a many-branched panicle, about tall. the flowering stem bears many ovoid bulbils. the flowers are arranged in groups of three on stalks (pedicels) long. the flowers are about long with six greenish white tepals.