Abaca - vegetable fiber obtained from the leaves of banana textile. The birthplace of this plant are the Philippine Islands, where from the XVIII century were its main plantation. In XX century, banana cloth began to cultivate in order to obtain the fiber in Indonesia and several countries in Central America. For the manufacture of abaca are three-year plants of leaves cut into strips which are removed watery fragments. The resulting fiber is dried in the open air. Of abaca make resistant to seawater ropes, ropes and nets, this fiber is used to make tissue paper packaging.
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Abaca - vegetable fiber obtained from the leaves of banana textile. The birthplace of this plant are the Philippine Islands, where from the XVIII century were its main plantation. In XX century, banana cloth began to cultivate in order to obtain the fiber in Indonesia and several countries in Central America. For the manufacture of abaca are three-year plant from ...