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Jute fibers, composed primarily of cellulose and lignin, are collected from bast (the phloem of the plant, sometimes called the "skin") of plants like kenaf, industrial hemp, flax , and ramie. The industrial term for jute fiber is raw jute. The fibers are off-white to brown and range from 1–4 meters (3.3–13.1 ft) long.
Jute fiber being dried in sunlight after natural or microbial retting. Retting is the process of extracting fibers from the tough stem or bast of the bast fiber plants. The available retting processes are: mechanical retting (hammering), chemical retting (boiling & applying chemicals), steam/vapor/dew retting, and water or microbial retting.
Jute mallow or Jew's mallow or Nalita jute (Corchorus olitorius, also known as "Jute leaves", [2] "Tossa jute", "Mloukheyeh" and "West African sorrel") is a species of shrub in the family Malvaceae. Together with C. capsularis it is the primary source of jute fiber.
The Jutland Peninsula, possible homeland of the Jutes. The Jutes (/ dʒ uː t s / JOOTS) [a] were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in Great Britain after the departure of the Romans.
Jute was used for rope production until the modern era, but the creation of the Jute Industry led to the collapse of Indian handloom jute in the 1880s. In the 1850s roughly £250,000 of jute products were exported annually. [3] Jute was an export material demanded by South East Asia which was fulfilled by Indian and European trading firms.
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Corchorus capsularis (also known as patsun), commonly known as white jute, [2] is a shrub species in the family Malvaceae. It is one of the sources of jute fibre, considered to be of finer quality than fibre from Corchorus olitorius, the main source of jute. The leaves are used as a foodstuff and the leaves, unripe fruit and the roots are used ...
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute may also refer to: Jutes, a Germanic people; Corchorus, a genus of plants from which the fiber is derived Corchorus capsularis, white jute; Corchorus olitorius, Nalta jute or Tossa jute; Abutilon theophrasti, Chinese jute; Hibiscus cannabinus, Java jute