. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 160 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. India. Watt states that the hark Eriko (Yorubaland). Raphia vinifera. Erinocarpus nimmonii. Exogen. Tiliacece. A tree. Found in the Deccan and Bombay Presidency; is said to yield an excellent fiher for ropes. Eriodendron anfractuosum. White Cotton Tree. Exogen. Malvacecc. Tree, 50 to 60 feet. Native and common names.—The White Cotton Tree (Ind.); Kapok floss tree (Java); Imbul (Ceyl.); Thinoawle (Burm.); Safed-semal (Hind.
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 160 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. India. Watt states that the hark Eriko (Yorubaland). Raphia vinifera. Erinocarpus nimmonii. Exogen. Tiliacece. A tree. Found in the Deccan and Bombay Presidency; is said to yield an excellent fiher for ropes. Eriodendron anfractuosum. White Cotton Tree. Exogen. Malvacecc. Tree, 50 to 60 feet. Native and common names.—The White Cotton Tree (Ind.); Kapok floss tree (Java); Imbul (Ceyl.); Thinoawle (Burm.); Safed-semal (Hind.); Shtvet simul (Beng.); Ceiba andpochote (Mex. and Cent. Aim); Pemm (Maya of Yucatan). According to the Flora of British India this species occurs in the forests of the hotter parts of India and Ceylon, and has found its way to South America, the West Indies, and tropical Africa. Surface Fiber.—The commercial kapok of Java. Beautiful examples of this substance, the most valuable of all the silk cottons, seed hairs, or downs, from the commercial standpoint, were secured from the Holland exhibit, W. C. E., 1893, though erroneously stated to be the product of Calotropis gigantea. Kapok, or the floss from the seeds of this Eriodendron, "is, according to the pres- ent demand, a fiber of great merit. The modern trade in it was created by the Dutch merchants, their supply being drawn from Java. It is used in uphol- stery, being too short a staple to be spun, and. indeed, too brittle and elastic. But these are the very properties that com- mend the floss to the upholsterer. In cushions, mattresses, etc., its elasticity and harshness prevent its becoming matted as in the case with simal floss from Bombax malabaricum, and it is there- fore considerably superior to that fiber. Indeed, it is probable that the even still shorter staple of Coclilosperum would in time command a better price than that of the simal. Like kapok it is very elas- tic, the fiber springing up to its former
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