The most The most common common plant fibres plant fibres are-are-

Cotton

Flax

Coir

Silk Cotton

Hemp

Jute

CottonCotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll around the seeds of the grows in a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant. The plant is a shrub native cotton plant. The plant is a shrub native to tropical regions around the world, to tropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Pakistan, India including the Americas, Pakistan, India and Africa. The fiber most often is spun and Africa. The fiber most often is spun into yarn or thread and used to make a into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile, which is the soft, breathable textile, which is the most widely used natural-fiber cloth in most widely used natural-fiber cloth in clothing today. The English name derives clothing today. The English name derives from the Arabic (al) qutn from the Arabic (al) qutn ُق/ْط-نُق/ْط-ن , which , which began to be used circa 1400. The began to be used circa 1400. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed-dispersal.aid in seed-dispersal.

Cotton is use to make cloths like-shirts ,sarees, trousers etc especially for wearing in summers

JuteJute Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be

spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute is one of the most affordable natural fibres and is second only to cotton in amount produced and variety of uses. Jute fibres are composed primarily of the plant materials cellulose (major component of plant fibre) and lignin (major components of wood fibre). It is thus a ligno-cellulosic fibre that is partially a textile fibre and partially wood. It falls into the bast fibre category (fibre collected from bast or skin of the plant) along with kenaf, industrial hemp, flax (linen), ramie, etc. The industrial term for jute fibre is raw jute. The fibres are off-white to brown, and 1–4 metres (3–12 feet) long. For centuries, jute has been an integral part of culture of Bengal , in the entire southwest of Bangladesh and some portions of West Bengal.

Jute is used to make Jute is used to make sacks, slippers etcsacks, slippers etc

CoirCoirCoir fibres are found between the hard, internal shell Coir fibres are found between the hard, internal shell

and the outer coat of a coconut. The individual fibre and the outer coat of a coconut. The individual fibre cells are narrow and hollow, with thick walls made of cells are narrow and hollow, with thick walls made of cellulose. They are pale when immature but later cellulose. They are pale when immature but later become hardened and yellowed as a layer of lignin is become hardened and yellowed as a layer of lignin is deposited on their walls. There are two varieties of deposited on their walls. There are two varieties of coir. Brown coir is harvested from fully ripened coir. Brown coir is harvested from fully ripened coconuts. It is thick, strong and has high abrasion coconuts. It is thick, strong and has high abrasion resistance. It is typically used in mats, brushes and resistance. It is typically used in mats, brushes and sacking. Mature brown coir fibres contain more lignin sacking. Mature brown coir fibres contain more lignin and less cellulose than fibres such as flax and cotton and less cellulose than fibres such as flax and cotton and so are stronger but less flexible. They are made and so are stronger but less flexible. They are made up of small threads, each about 1 mm long and 10 to up of small threads, each about 1 mm long and 10 to 20 micrometers in diameter. White coir fibres are 20 micrometers in diameter. White coir fibres are harvested from the coconuts before they are ripe. harvested from the coconuts before they are ripe. These fibres are white or light brown in color and are These fibres are white or light brown in color and are smoother and finer, but also weaker. They are smoother and finer, but also weaker. They are generally spun to make yarn that is used in mats or generally spun to make yarn that is used in mats or rope rope

Coir is used to make Coir is used to make ropes and matsropes and mats

Silk cottonSilk cottonSilk cotton is a type of native cotton. Silk

cotton is found in India, tropical southern Asia, northern Australia and tropical Africa. The fruit, the size of a ping-pong ball, on maturity appears during March and April. These are full of cotton-like fibrous stuff that are silk cotton fibres . It is for the fibre that villagers gather the semul fruit and extract the silk cotton substance called "kapok". This fibre is used for filling economically priced pillows, quilts, sofas etc. the tree on which they are grown are known as silk cotton trees or kapok trees.

Silk cotton used to Silk cotton used to make-towels etcmake-towels etc

HempHempHemp is the name of the soft, durable fibre

that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus, cultivated for commercial use. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food, fuel, and medical purposes with modest commercial success. In the past three years, commercial success of hemp food products has grown considerably.

Hemp is used to Hemp is used to make ropes, sacks make ropes, sacks etc.etc.

Flax Flax Flax (also known as common flax or

linseed) is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia, dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 30,000 BC. New Zealand flax is not related to flax but was named after it, as both plants are used to produce fibers.

Flax is used to make handkerchiefs, ropes and high quality paper

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