Plantain fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29596 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 170.04 MUSACEAE Musa sapientum | Entry Book Number | 94.1884 | |
| Artefact Name | Plantain fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Jamaica | TDWG Region | Jamaica | ||
| Parts Held | Plantain fibre | Geography Description | Jamaica, Caribbean, Southern America | ||
| Uses | Plantain 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: Plantain fibre not to largely cultivated as the banana for export purposes but the fruit forms an important item in the daily food of the Negros. The supply of plantain stems and hence of the fibre would however be not inconsiderable. | ||||