Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65871 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Wissadula rostrata | Entry Book Number | 110.1899 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Trinidad and Tobago | TDWG Region | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre | Geography Description | Trinidad | ||
| Uses | FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hart JH | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Report by Messrs Ide & Christie, 72 Mark Lane EC 8.11.1899. Abutilon periplocifolium, bundle of raw skins - no value. Fibre from above - length very good, colour, good white, strength is poor. Preparation imperfect, similar to China Jute, but softer. Will sell fairly well. Suggested trial 10 tons promptly. Two stems sent to show how straight they grow. Seeds sown March 13, 1899. Crop cut Ap 28. 1899 (Sic). Yield per acre raw strippings dried as send 1.089 tons. Yield per acre of cl, ean bast fibre 9.25 cwts. Cleaned material was retted four days then scraped and dried. Clean material 42 per cent of raw strippings. | ||||
| Determinations: | 31.01 MALVACEAE Wissadula rostrata Planch. 31.01 MALVACEAE Abutilon periplocifolium Don. | ||||