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• Raffia
  ...name of a palm which furnishes a staple article of commerce called raffia fiber. It is indigenous to Madagascar, where it grows without cultivation or atte ...ter being dried in the sun assumes a light straw-color. This is the raffia fiber of commerce.
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• Boehmeria
  Boehmeria (G. R. Boehmer, a German botanist). Urticaceae. A fiber plant; and a greenhouse shrub or tree. ...n extensively in Calif. and La. for its fiber. See Report No. 2, office of Fiber Investigations, U. S. Dept. Agric., and Cyclo. Amer. Agric. II, p. 284. It
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• Common Milkweed
  ...] to 1-2 m tall. The stem is very [[trichome|hairy]], and all parts of the plants produce a white [[latex]] when broken. The leaves are opposite, simple broa ...stimated yields as high as hemp and quality as good as flax. Both the bast fiber and the floss were used historically by [[Native Americans in the United St
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• Crop
  ...for classes of products, as grain crop, root crop, forest or timber crop, fiber crop, flower crop, seed crop, salad crop. It is employed also as a verb,— ...of other plants; companion-crop, a catch-crop grown between other growing plants, as lettuce between rows or hills of beans; succession-crop, a catch-crop s
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• Phormium
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...rennial herbs prized in subtropical gardening, and in New Zealand used for fiber.
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• Musa basjoo
  |common_name=Hardy Banana, Japanese Fiber Banana '''''Musa basjoo''''', the '''Japanese Fiber Banana''' or '''Hardy Banana''', is a seeded [[banana]] species. The most c
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• Neoglaziovia
  ...locule. Plants terrestrial and on rocks, with spiny lvs. that furnish good fiber for ropes. N. variegata, Mez (Bromelia variegata, Air. Bittbergia variegata <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Dye
  ...], and may require a [[mordant]] to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber. ...ormation between anionic groups in the dyes and [[cationic]] groups in the fiber. Acid dyes are not substantive to [[Cellulose|cellulosic]] fibers.
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• Osmundine
  ...ut, two grades of material are obtained in which any orchid will grow. The fiber at the base is coarse, black, and contains some earthy matter, and is very ...olypodium are often seen which, together with the orchid roots, enable the plants to anchor securely to the trees. The nature of these fern-masses is identic
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• Cannabaceae
  ...is no [[corolla]]. Flowers are grouped to form [[cyme]]s. In the dioecious plants the masculine inflorescences are long and look like [[panicle]]s, while the ...cies of [[hemp]] (''Cannabi sativa'') are cultivated for the production of fiber, as a source of cheap [[hemp oil|oil]] or to produce recreational and medic
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• Bombax
  ...d simply '''Bombax'''. Currently three species are recognised, though many plants have been placed in the genus that were later moved.<ref name=GRIN/> ...erstanding of African Biodiversity| journal = Systematics and Geography of Plants| volume = 71| issue = 2| year = 2001| pages = 284–286| url = http://link
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• Althaea cannabina
  ...longer than the Lvs. Eu. — Grown sometimes as a border plant. It yields a fiber. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Musa textilis
  ...to forty years. New stalks continue to arise as the old ones are cut. The fiber, as found in the market, is coarse and stiff and 6 to 12 feet long. In the <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Eleocharis dulcis
  ...tarch]] (about 60% by dry weight), and are also a good source of [[dietary fiber]], [[riboflavin]], [[vitamin B6]], [[potassium]], [[copper]], and [[mangane If eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants can transmit [[Fasciolopsiasis]].
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• Prosopis pubescens
  ...nd zinc, and is rich in the amino acid lysine as well. Mesquite is high in fiber, moderate in sugar, and eight percent protein. It has a sweet, rich, molass Fiber 36 g
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• Agave decipiens
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...1/8 in., segm. and tube 3/4 in. each: caps. pyriform. Yucatan. Dodge, Rep. Fiber Invest. 3, 5, 9, pl. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pl. 57-59.-The false sisal, ext
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• Chickpea
  ...| monofat = 0.583 g | polyfat = 1.156 g | carbs = 27.42 g | sugars=4.8 g | fiber = 7.6 g | sodium_mg=7 | potassium_mg = 291 | vitA_ug = 1 | vitC_mg=1.3 | th ...tive protein product with [[vegetarians]] and [[vegans]] and is one of the plants with the highest amount of protein.
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• Scuticaria
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...eral, on short peduncles, in structure fls. resembling Maxillaria, but the plants are easily distinguished by the terete lvs.; sepals and petals similar, the
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• Ensete livingstoniana
  ...es. S. E. Trop. Afr., up to 7,000 ft. altitude.— Decorative. Yields a good fiber. Intro, into U. S. in 1907. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Macrochloa tenacissima
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...d; awn 1-2 in., plumose below the bend. Spain and N. Afr.—The lvs. furnish fiber from which are made ropes, mats, paper, and the like. In Afr. it is called
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