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    The document discusses various plant sources of fiber that are used for crafts, construction materials, and other purposes. It describes several species of vines that produce stem or leaf fibers like pandan, tikog, runo, and nito. It also outlines tree species that produce bast fibers from their inner bark, such as bamban, salago, and malaboho. Additionally, it discusses climbing aroids like lukmoy and amlong that cling to trees and produce stout aerial roots used for fiber.

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    The document discusses various plant sources of fiber that are used for crafts, construction materials, and other purposes. It describes several species of vines that produce stem or leaf fibers like pandan, tikog, runo, and nito. It also outlines tree species that produce bast fibers from their inner bark, such as bamban, salago, and malaboho. Additionally, it discusses climbing aroids like lukmoy and amlong that cling to trees and produce stout aerial roots used for fiber.

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    Other Plant Sources of Fiber

    Plant Sources of Stem or Leaf


    Fibers
    v Pandan (baskets & handicrafts)
    v Tikog (mats)
    v Runo (blinds)
    v Tiger grass (brooms)
    Runo (Miscanthus sinensis Anders.)

    kipili.com/?p=488
    Kingdom: Plantae
    (unranked): Angiosperms
    (unranked): Monocots
    Family: Poaceae

    http://en.wikipedia.org http://user.chollian.net
    Uses of runo

    For making trays, baskets, hanging ornaments, frames


    Forest vines Nito (Lygodium sp.)

    Nitong pula
    Nitong puti (Lygodium japonicum)
    (Lygodium circinnatum)
    Katak, also Nitong puti Agsam, Nito-nitoan
    (Lygodium flexuosum) (Lygodium microphyllum)
    Uses of Nito
    Forest Vines (Kilob)

    Also known as dilim,


    which is the origin of
    Dicranopteris linearis Diliman, the main
    campus of UP
    Uses of kilob
    v Edible
    - The leaves are a good source of micronutrients.
    Folkloric
    Young leaves are used as poultice, decoction or infusion for fever.
    Plant used as antiasthmatic.
    In Indo-China, used as antihelmintic.
    Roots of pulasan (Nephelium mutabile) are boiled with D. linearis
    and used for bathing feverish patients.
    Used for bloody diarrhea.
    In India, young leaves mixed with cow milk used for seven days to
    remove sterility in women.
    In Malaysia, crushed leaves used as poultice to control fever; juice
    of leaves used in baths for fever.
    In New Guinea, used to treat boils, ulcers and wounds.
    Forest vines (Hinggiw)

    Uses:
    -Baskets
    -Fruit trays
    -Crafts
    -Tying materials
    -Ropes
    -Fences

    Streptocaulon baumii
    Other vines:
    Hagnaya or Diliman (Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.) Bedd.)
    Kingdom: Plantae

    Division: Pteridophyta

    Family: Blechnaceae

    Uses:
    Stems used as tying materials
    for fish traps; split stems
    made into bags and baskets,
    attaché case, decors

    Edible young shoots


    Other vines: Baling-uai (Flagellaria indica L.)

    Kingdom: Plantae
    (unranked): Angiosperms
    (unranked): Monocots
    Family: Flagellariaceae
    http://asgap.org.au

    http://en.wikipedia.org

    Uses:
    For tying shingles, fences,
    basket weaving
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    Plant Sources of Leaf Fibers
    v Pandan
    v Tikog
    v Tiger grass
    Herbs, Shrubs, or Trees that
    Produce Stem or Bast Fibers
    v Bamban (Donax
    cannaeformis (Forst.) K.
    Schum.)
    v Salago (Wikstroemia
    species)
    v Malaboho (Sterculia
    oblongata R. Br.)
    http://alexandriacarpetone.wordpress.com/
    Bast Fibers

    - bundles of fibers that are formed at


    the fibro-vascular region of the trunk

    - phloem, or inner bark, responsible


    for the translocation of food materials
    from the leaves
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    Bamban (Donax cannaeformis (Forst.) K. Schum.)

    http://www.stuartxchange.com/Bamban.html
    Salago (Wikstroemia species)

    Kingdom: Plantae
    (unranked): Angiosperms
    (unranked): Eudicots
    (unranked): Rosids
    Order: Malvales
    Family: Thymelaeaceae
    Genus: Wikstroemia
    Endl.
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    http://erdb.denr.gov.ph
    http://s189.photobucket.com

    http://handicraft.indiamart.com/
    Malaboho (Sterculia oblongata R. Br.)

    http://picasaweb.google.com
    Climbing Aroids,
    Plant Sources of
    Root Fibers

    http://www.botany.hawaii.edu
    Climbing Aroids

    - monocotyledonous vines
    belonging to family Araceae that
    cling on many tropical trees and
    are characterized by their
    prominent, stout aerial roots
    that more often extend from the
    top of tall trees down to the
    ground

    http://www.botgard.ucla.edu
    Lukmoy (Scindapsus curanii Engl. & Krausse)

    http://www.wraps.co.jp

    http://www.nordlysph.com
    Amlong (Epipremnum pinnatum (L) Engl.)

    http://commons.wikimedia.org

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