What is Hibiscus Cannabinus?

Hibiscus cannabinus is a member of the flowering plant division known as magnoliophyta, further divided into ibiscus l. Although the same family is classified with a decorative bush of hibiscus, few characteristics outside the color of flowers and leaves are common to ornamental shrubs and Hibiscus Cannabinus. Hibiscus cannabinus characteristics include long forest stems up to 10 feet (3.5 meters) with high branches; purple, white or yellow flowers; and small fruit measuring diameter approximately ½ inch (2 cm). When planted in the fields, Hibiscus cannabinus resembles jute or bamboo in that the stems are tall, slender and green with a thin layer of outer bark. Plants are annual or biennial, although in rare conditions they may appear as perennials.

Better known as Kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus is primarily grown for fiber, livestock feed, biofuels, oil oils, engineering wood products, housing insulation and paper. A race that is expected to comeFrom Asia, it is now grown in China, the United States, India, Korea, Bangladesh, South Africa, Mexico, Thailand and other countries. In the United States, the primary use of bed linen and paper for paper is primary. Korea, India and China use fibers in textiles, rope and paper production. Hibiscus cannabinus leaves are also a popular food for human consumption known as Gongoora in some countries.

The use of Kenaf plants for ropes and other fabrics is a common practice for thousands of years. The Egyptians used Kenaf fibers to make ships and other textiles in antiquity. The leaves were used to feed people and animals. Bast fiber - fibers obtained from outer bark of Hibiscus cannabinus - were used in cords, ropes and storage bags for grains or other crops. Some cultures still use similar methods to ancient Egyptians to remove the fiber bast for rope and other cord as well as serving underHigh leaf meals Hibiscus cannabinus.

In addition to the use of the cable for rope, the outer fibers and the inner core of the fiber are used to produce bimodal pulp similar to hard wood pulp for paper. Compared to pine pulp, ordinary pulp, which was used to produce most paper in the United States and Europe, the pulp of Hibiscus cannabinus is cheaper and processing. During the middle to the end of the 90s, the news of Kenaf Fiber, from American and Canadian growers Hibiscus Cannabinus, proved to be stronger and required less whitening than the Pine Pulp paper.