Nonwood Plant Fiber Names - Common & Scientific
By Alfred M. Hurter, P. Eng., "Utilization of Annual Plants and Agricultural Residues for the Production of Pulp and Paper", TAPPI 1988 Pulping Conference Proceedings, pages 49 -70.
Updated by Robert W. Hurter, P. Eng., MBA, President, HurterConsult Incorporated, February 2002.
(requires Adobe Reader).Hurter provided the common and scientific names of some nonwood plant fiber raw materials which have and are being used to produce pulp and paper.
Group
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Stalk Fibers
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Cereals
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Wheat straw
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Triticum sativum
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Oat straw
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Avena sativa
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Rye straw
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Secale cereal
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Barley straw
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Hordeum vulgare
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Hordeum distichon
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Rice straw
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Oryza sativa
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Corn stalks
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Zea mays
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Grain sorghum stalks
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Andopogogon sorghum
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Millet
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Gramineae
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Grasses
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Esparto
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Lyganum spartum
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Stipa tenacissma
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Sabai (dragon's beard)
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Eulaliopsis binata
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Lemon
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Cymbopogon citratus
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Cymbopogon flexudsos
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Kuneria
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Heteropogon controtus
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Siru
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Imerata cylindrica
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Mawai
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Penniselum hohenackeri
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Ulla
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Themeda arundinacea
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Munj
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Saccharum bengalense
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Elephant
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Themeda cymbaria
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Pennisetum purpureum
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Genera
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Themeda quadrivalvis
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Guatemala
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Tripsacum lusum
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Ekra
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Frianthus ravennaf
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Khagra
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Saccharum spontaneum
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Kurukuru
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Johnson
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Sorghum halpense
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Switch grass
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Panicum virgatum
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Reeds
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Reed
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Phragmites vulgaris
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Reed (Quassab, delta grass, sulina)
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Phragmites communis
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Papyrus
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Cyperus papyrus
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Nal
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Phragmites karka
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Addar grass
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Arundo donax
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Canes
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Sugarcane (bagasse)
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Saccharum officianarum
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Bamboo
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see Bamboo
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Bast Fibers
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New Zealand Flax
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Phorium tenax
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Flax
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Linum usitatissinum
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Kenaf
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Hibiscus cannabinus
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Ramie
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Bochmeria nivea
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Jute (1)
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Corchorus capsularis
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Jute (2)
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Corchorus olitorius
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Okra
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Hibiscus esculentus
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Common hemp
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Cannabis sativa
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Sunn hemp
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Crotalaria juncea
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Leaf Fibers
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Abaca (Manila Hemp)
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Musa textilis
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Sisal (Sisal Hemp)
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Agave sisalana
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Henequen
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Agave froucryode
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Caroa
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Neoglazovia varigata
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Palm
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Palmae
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Hesperaloe
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Hesperaloe funifera
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Hesperaloe nocturna
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Hesperaloe parviflora
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Seed Hull Fibers
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Cotton
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Gossypium
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Coir (coconut fiber)
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Cocos nucifera
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