Fiber Plants

Collection Accessions:

• Adansonia digitata - Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree - Malvaceae
• Agave sisalana - Sisal Hemp, Hemp Plant - Agavaceae
• Boehmeria nivea - Chinese Silk Plant, Ramie, China Grass - Urticaceae
• Broussonetia papyrifera - Paper Mulberry - Moraceae
• Caryota urens - Solitary fishtail palm, toddy palm - Arecaceae
• Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree - Malvaceae
• Chondropetalum tectorum - Thatching Reed, Dakriet - Restionaceae
• Chorisia speciosa - silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil - Malvaceae
• Clappertonia ficifolia - bolo bolo - Malvaceae
• Corchorus olitorius - Nalta jute, Tussa jute - Malvaceae
• Cyperus papyrus - Papyrus, Bulrush, Paper Plant - Cyperaceae
• Daphne bholua - Lokta - Thymelaeaceae
• Edgeworthia papyrifera - Paperbush - Thymelaeaceae
• Gossypium arboreum - Tree Cotton - Malvaceae
• Gossypium barbadense - Pima Cotton, Egyptian Cotton - Malvaceae
• Hibiscus tiliaceus - Cottonwood, Mahoe, Beach Hibiscus, Pago - Malvaceae
• Linum usitatissimum - Common Flax - Linaceae
• Lomandra longifolia - Long Mat-rush, Spiny headed Mat-Rush - Laxmanniaceae
• Moringa oleifera - Horseradish Tree, Moringo - Moringaceae
• Pandanus caricosus - Voivoi - Pandanaceae
• Phormium tenax - New Zealand Flax, NZ Hemp - Hemerocallidaceae
• Puya chilensis - Bromeliaceae
• Sabal palmetto - Palmetto - Arecaceae
• Saccharum officinarum - Sugar Cane - Poaceae
• Thamnochortus insignis - Thatching Reed, Dekriet - Restionaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Cocos nucifera - Coconut Palm - Arecaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Corchorus capsularis - Jute - Malvaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Musa textilis - Abaca - Musaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Tetrapanax papyrifera - Rice Paper Plant - Araliaceae