Fiber Plants

Collection Accessions:

• Adansonia digitata - Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree - Malvaceae
• Agave sisalana - Sisal Hemp, Hemp Plant - Asparagaceae
• Boehmeria nivea - Chinese Silk Plant, Ramie, China Grass - Urticaceae
• Broussonetia papyrifera - Paper Mulberry - Moraceae
• Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree - Malvaceae
• Chondropetalum tectorum - Thatching Reed, Dakriet - Restionaceae
• Chorisia speciosa - silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil - Malvaceae
• Clappertonia ficifolia - bolo bolo - Malvaceae
• Cyperus papyrus - Papyrus, Bulrush, Paper Plant - Cyperaceae
• Daphne bholua - Lokta - Thymelaeaceae
• Flagellaria indica - Supplejack, Whip vine - Flagellariaceae
• Gossypium arboreum - Tree Cotton - Malvaceae
• Gossypium barbadense - Pima Cotton, Egyptian Cotton - Malvaceae
• Hibiscus cannabinus - Kenaf - Malvaceae
• Hibiscus sabdariffa 'Thai Red' - Roselle Thai Red, Rosella - Malvaceae
• Hibiscus tiliaceus - Cottonwood, Mahoe, Beach Hibiscus, Pago - Malvaceae
• Lomandra longifolia - Long Mat-rush, Spiny headed Mat-Rush - Asparagaceae
• Moringa oleifera - Horseradish Tree, Moringo, Ben Oil Tree - Moringaceae
• Pandanus caricosus - Voivoi - Pandanaceae
• Phormium tenax - New Zealand Flax, NZ Hemp - Xanthorrhoeaceae
• Sabal palmetto - Palmetto - Arecaceae
• Saccharum officinarum - Sugar Cane - Poaceae
• Salvinia molesta - Salviniaceae
• Spathodea campanulata - African Tulip Tree, Fountain Tree - Bignoniaceae
• Thamnochortus insignis - Thatching Reed, Dekriet - Restionaceae