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  • Fibre: Used for making cloth, rope, paper etc. (292)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkraFibre43
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk MallowFibre23
Abies balsameaBalsam FirFibre35
Abutilon theophrastiChina JuteFibre32
Acer glabrumRock MapleFibre21
Acer macrophyllumOregon MapleFibre31
Agathis robustaQueensland KauriFibre00
Agave americanaAgaveFibre33
Agave parryiCentury PlantFibre31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury PlantFibre31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury PlantFibre31
Althaea cannabinaFibre00
Althaea officinalisMarsh MallowFibre55
Ammophila arenariaMarram GrassFibre10
Ampelodesmos mauritanicusFibre00
Aphananthe asperaFibre10
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading DogbaneFibre02
Apocynum cannabinumIndian HempFibre22
Apocynum venetumFibre02
Araujia sericiferaCruel PlantFibre10
Artemisia tridentataSage BrushFibre32
Asclepias asperulaAntelope HornsFibre21
Asclepias eriocarpaWoollypod MilkweedFibre22
Asclepias halliiPurple SilkweedFibre31
Asclepias incarnataSwamp MilkweedFibre32
Asclepias lanceolataPurple SilkweedFibre21
Asclepias ovalifoliaFibre20
Asclepias pumilaLow MilkweedFibre21
Asclepias purpurascensPurple MilkweedFibre21
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf MilkweedFibre22
Asclepias rubraRed SilkweedFibre31
Asclepias speciosaShowy MilkweedFibre32
Asclepias syriacaCommon MilkweedFibre32
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy RootFibre33
Asclepias viridifloraGreen MilkweedFibre32
Asimina trilobaPapawFibre42
Astelia grandisFibre20
Astelia nervosaFibre20
Avena abyssinicaAbyssinian OatFibre20
Avena barbataSlender OatFibre20
Avena brevisFibre20
Avena byzantinaRed OatFibre20
Avena fatuaWild OatsFibre21
Avena ludovicianaOatsFibre20
Avena nudaNaked OatFibre40
Avena nudibrevisFibre20
Avena orientalisHungarian OatFibre31
Avena sativaOatsFibre33
Avena sterilisSterile OatsFibre30
Avena strigosaBristle OatsFibre20
Avena wiestiiFibre20
Betula pendulaSilver BirchFibre33
Betula pubescensWhite BirchFibre33
Boehmeria cylindricaFalse NettleFibre00
Boehmeria glomeruliferaFibre00
Boehmeria longispicaFibre11
Boehmeria macrophyllaFibre00
Boehmeria nipononiveaRamieFibre11
Boehmeria niveaRamieFibre22
Boehmeria spicataFibre10
Boehmeria tricuspisFibre11
Brachychiton populneusKurrajongFibre30
Broussonetia kazinokiKozoFibre31
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper MulberryFibre42
Camelina sativaGold Of PleasureFibre30
Canna indicaIndian ShotFibre42
Cannabis sativaHempFibre44
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea TreeFibre51
Caragana boisiiFibre40
Caragana fruticosaFibre30
Caragana jubataShag-SpineFibre01
Chamaecyparis nootkatensisNootka CypressFibre01
Chamaerops humilisDwarf Fan PalmFibre20
Chilopsis linearisDesert WillowFibre11
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap LilyFibre32
Cirsium brevistylumIndian ThistleFibre30
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite ClematisFibre02
Corchorus capsularisJuteFibre32
Corchorus olitoriusJew's MallowFibre32
Cordyline australisCabbage TreeFibre30
Cordyline indivisaCabbage TreeFibre30
Cornus sericeaRed Osier DogwoodFibre22
Cortaderia selloanaPampas GrassFibre00
Corylus cornuta californicaCalifornia HazelFibre30
Cowania mexicanaCliffroseFibre02
Cudrania tricuspidataSilkworm ThornFibre22
Cyperus tegetiformisFibre00
Cytisus scopariusBroomFibre13
Daphne bholuaFibre01
Debregeasia hypoleucaFibre20
Debregeasia longifoliaWild RheaFibre11
Debregeasia wallichianaFibre00
Desmodium elegansFibre02
Dianella caeruleaBlue Flax LilyFibre20
Dianella congestaBeach Flax LilyFibre20
Dianella laevisFlax LilyFibre00
Dianella revolutaFlax LilyFibre20
Dianella tasmanicaFlax LilyFibre00
Dirca occidentalisLeather WoodFibre00
Dirca palustrisLeather WoodFibre02
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