JUTE | Phloem fibres from stem bark of Corchorus capsularis, C. olitorius, Fam.Tiliaceae |
FLAX | Pericyclic fibres of the stem of Linum usitatissimum Fam.Linaceae |
HEMP | pericyclic fibres of Cannabis sativa stem Fam. Cannabinaceae |
CHEMICAL WOOD PULP (WOOD) | Delignified wood produced by “Sulphite process” to leave the cellulose |
WOOL | From the fleece of the sheep Ovis aries, Fam Bovidae |
SILK | fibre from the cocoons of silk worms Bombyx mori, Fam Bombycidae/Moraceae |
VISCOSE RAYON | dissolving wood pulp cellulose in sodium hydroxide soln and treating with carbon disulphide
SODIUM HYDROXIDE TREATED WITH CARBON DISULPHIDE |
ALGINATES | Laminaria hyperborea, other sp, Ascophyllum
comes from cell walls of brown algae |