Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope.

Sisal Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope.

Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fibre used in making rope.

Sisal is extracted from the leaves of a particular Central American plant, called Agave Sisalana.

When the Spanish arrived in Yucatan, they changed the name of the fiber to sisal agave" and mechanized the process and began producing sisal for export to other parts of the world.