A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . f the Malagasy fiber is exported to the United States in the hanks described above, its onlyuse being as a tie material in nurseries, etc, Raphia taedigera. The Jupati Palm. F(»uud on the banks of the lower Amazon and Para rivers in Brazil, but unknownin the interior. The cylindrical leiifstalks, often 12 feet or more in length, are em-ployed by the natives for walls or partitions of their houses, and used in otherwaj-8. Fiber.—The fiber is similar in every
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . f the Malagasy fiber is exported to the United States in the hanks described above, its onlyuse being as a tie material in nurseries, etc, Raphia taedigera. The Jupati Palm. F(»uud on the banks of the lower Amazon and Para rivers in Brazil, but unknownin the interior. The cylindrical leiifstalks, often 12 feet or more in length, are em-ployed by the natives for walls or partitions of their houses, and used in otherwaj-8. Fiber.—The fiber is similar in every respect to the preceding and is useil for thesame purposes, some of the strips being exported to England for use as tie mate-rial, especially in hop fields. Among its native nses may bo mentioned cordage andfishing nets. This species is now regarded by botanists as identical with the next. Raphia vinifera. Bamboo Palm. Common and native names.—Wine palm of West Africa. (The Palm) Lji-ofjura, Eriko, and Akpako, Yorubaland; (the fiber) on the borders of rivers intersecting tlie countries near the sea, in. Fig. 92.—Tlie llaftia palm, lUiphia ruffia. 278 USEFUL FIBEE PLANTS OF THE WORLD. the kingdoms of Owarc and , west Africa. The tree is of medium height, theJcaves measuring 6 or 7 feet in length. The stems are used for the frameworlc ofnative dwellings, and the leaves, bound with lines, are used fur thatching. Fromthe trunk an intoxicating beverage called Bourdon is obtained. The governor of Lagos, in a report to the Kew authorities in 1891, states that itwould be impossible to calculate the area occupied by these forests, but it may beaccepted without doubt that they extend throughout the length of the colony,and to a distance of at least 15 miles from the seacoast, and that over this area ofabout 5,000 square miles they form a considerable proportion of the vegetation, nextonly in numbers to the oil palm and the mangrove. (See tig. 93.) Structukal F
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