Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29533 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 170.04 MUSACEAE Ensete edule | Entry Book Number | 94.1884 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Jamaica | TDWG Region | Jamaica | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre | Geography Description | Jamaica, Caribbean, Southern America | ||
| Uses | FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Morris D | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: No. 10 Botanical Department Jamaica 5.4.84. Abysinian Banana (Musa ensete) naturalised in Jamaica at 5000 ft. Some specimens are 15 to 20 feet high, the stem about 2 foot 9 to 3 feet in diameter and weighing more than a 1/4 of a ton. The fi, bre prepared by hand, is yeilded in large quantities by leaf sheaths and cortex core. | ||||
| Determinations: | 170.04 MUSACEAE Ensete edule (J.F.Gmel.) Horan. 170.04 MUSACEAE Musa ensete Gmel. | ||||