| Abaca |
Manila hemp |
Musa textilis |
| Agel fiber |
gebang palm |
|
| Bagasse |
sugar cane |
Saccharum officinarum |
| Bamboo |
|
Bambusa sp. |
| Banana |
leaves, stems |
Musa sp. |
| Caranguata |
|
Bromelia balansea |
| Caroa |
|
Neoglaziovia variegata |
| Coir |
coconut fiber |
Cocus nucifera |
| Corn |
leaves, stalk |
Zea mays |
| Cotton |
|
Gossipium hirsutum |
| Esparto grass |
|
Stipa tanacissima |
| Flax |
|
|
| Giant reed |
|
Arundo donax |
Henequen, maguey, cantala, zapupe,
Salvador sisal, Mexican sisal, sisal |
|
Agave sp. |
| Hesperaloe |
|
Hesperaloe funifera, H. nocturna |
| Jusi |
|
Corchorus sp. |
| Jute |
|
Ceiba pentandra |
| Kapok |
|
Hibiscus cannabinus |
| Kenaf |
|
|
| Mauritius hemp, piteira, fique |
|
Furcraea gigantea, F. foetida, F. cabuya, F.
andina, F. macrophylla |
| Milkweed |
|
Asclepias sp. |
| New Zealand hemp |
|
Phormium tenax |
| Olona fiber |
|
Touchardia latifolia |
| Papyrus |
|
Cyperus papyrus |
| Piassava, Para grass |
|
Leopoldinia piassaba |
| Pina, Gravata |
pineapple |
Ananas comosus, A. sagenaria |
| Ramie |
China grass |
Bohemia nivea and other sp., Urtica nivea,
U. tenacissima |
| Rice paper |
|
Tetrapanax papyriferus |
| Rice straw |
|
Oryza sativa |
| Sunn hemp |
|
Crotalaria juncea |
| Switchgrass |
|
Panicum virgatum |
| Tapa cloth |
|
Broussonetia papyrifera |
| Wheat straw (and other grain straws) |
also barley straw, oat straw, etc. |
Triticum aestivum |
| Widuri |
|
Calotropis gigantea |
| Wild jute |
Saluyot |
|
| Yucca fiber |
|
Yucca sp. |
Many hundreds of other fibers have traditionally been used by
indigenous people and may be worth exploring for industrial applications.
The use of current agricultural waste products, such as rice straw, is
particularly important.
And, be sure to check out a key resource on natural fibers, Institute
of Natural Fibres, Poland, as well as Ecocomposite
Resources - Links. |
