Musa Textilis
This furnishes the fiber known as manilla hemp, and is cultivated in the Philippine Islands for this product. The finer kinds of the fiber are woven into beautiful shawls and the coarser manufactured...
This furnishes the fiber known as manilla hemp,
and is cultivated in the Philippine Islands for this product. The
finer kinds of the fiber are woven into beautiful shawls and the
coarser manufactured into cordage for ships. The fiber is obtained
from the leaf-stalks.
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