Abacá
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abac-176-8710677
title:
Abacá
text:
Abacá (Spanish), Musa textilis, is a species of banana endemic to the Philippines. The plant grows to 13–22 feet (4.0–6.7 m), and averages about 12 feet (3.7 m). The plant, also known as Manila hemp, has great economic importance, being harvested for its fiber, also called Manila hemp, extracted from the leaf-stems. The lustrous fiber is traditionally hand-loomed into various indigenous textiles in the Philippines. They still figure prominently as the traditional material of the barong tagalog,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of plant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abac%C3%A1
date created:
2002-02-25T15:43:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:42:43Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Musa_textilis_7zz.jpg","width":1000,"height":1500}
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13
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