Manicaria Saccifera
Bussu palm of South America. Its large leaves are used for thatching roofs, for which purpose they are well fitted and very durable. The fibrous spathe furnishes a material of much value to the native...
Bussu palm of South America. Its large
leaves are used for thatching roofs, for which purpose they are
well fitted and very durable. The fibrous spathe furnishes a
material of much value to the natives. This fibrous matter when
taken off entire is at once converted into capital bags, in which
the Indian keeps the red paint for his toilet, or the silk cotton
for his arrows, or he stretches out the larger ones to make
himself a cap of nature's own weaving, without seam or joint.
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