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    Sisal (/ˈsaɪsəl/, Spanish: [siˈsal]; Agave sisalana) is a species of flowering plant native to southern Mexico, but widely cultivated and naturalized in...
    20 KB (2,105 words) - 01:53, 8 May 2024
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    Sisal production in Tanzania began in the late 19th century by the German East Africa Company. Sisal was continually produced during the German administration...
    10 KB (1,054 words) - 00:52, 9 August 2023
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    region. The gorge is named after 'Oldupaai', the Maasai word for the wild sisal plant, Sansevieria ehrenbergii.[citation needed] It is one of the most important...
    36 KB (3,911 words) - 21:26, 25 March 2024
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    The leaves of the sisal plant were used to make twine for sandals in South America, while the natives of Mexico used the yucca plant. The Ancient Greeks...
    24 KB (2,532 words) - 22:39, 25 May 2024
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    Crest: On a Wreath Or and Azure, On a Mount Vert a Pelican between two Sisal Plants proper; and for Supporters: On either side a Flamingo proper. The colours...
    9 KB (758 words) - 21:49, 1 May 2024
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    The leaves of the sisal plant were used to make twine for sandals in South America while the natives of Mexico used the Yucca plant. As civilizations...
    84 KB (9,153 words) - 14:54, 6 May 2024
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    Fiber crop (redirect from Plant fibre)
    "manila" rope from leaves Piña, from pineapple leaves Sisal, an agave Bowstring hemp, a common house plant, also Sansevieria roxburghiana, Sansevieria hyacinthoides...
    8 KB (874 words) - 16:44, 9 May 2024
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    the Boere, the Netherlands and Germany. For example, a vision of the sisal plant was interpreted as a portent of an important meeting, assembly or parliament...
    19 KB (2,396 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
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    domestic gardens on coconut palms, screw pines, banana trees and on sisal plants. It also sometimes lives on local huts. This generalist lifestyle has...
    6 KB (658 words) - 05:29, 4 January 2024
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    Agave decipiens (redirect from False sisal)
    Agave decipiens, common names false Sisal or Florida agave, is a plant species endemic to coastal Florida in the United States. Agave decipiens is an arborescent...
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    Quinine Tea (Camellia sinensis) Tobacco Fiber plants (for textiles): Cannabis (hemp) Cotton Flax Henequen (sisal, henequin, etc.) Jute Kenaf Manila hemp Ramie...
    9 KB (769 words) - 14:12, 4 May 2024
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    Research collaborated with Glaxo to produce cortisone from hecogenin from sisal plants. Cortisone is one of several end-products of a process called steroidogenesis...
    16 KB (1,509 words) - 14:16, 24 December 2023
  • include: Biotic materials Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark, etc.) Plant fiber (coir, ramie, sisal, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, linen, abacá...
    2 KB (164 words) - 06:29, 15 May 2024
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    Ram Kand Mool (category Sisal)
    mysterious, it is believed to be the flowering stalk of Century plant (Agave Sisalana or Sisal) via research. It is believed in Hinduism that Lord Rama ate...
    4 KB (448 words) - 01:21, 25 March 2024
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    to the town of Keren. Besikdira comprises two Bilen words, beska (a sisal plant used for rope) and dira (a baobab tree). During the Eritrean War of Independence...
    3 KB (277 words) - 03:02, 6 October 2023
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    the plant at maturity before undergoing decortication which causes the harvesting of hard fibers to be a very energy and time intensive task. Sisal and...
    3 KB (325 words) - 05:21, 27 October 2023
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    Agave fourcroydes (category Fiber plants)
    long. Like sisal, A. fourcroydes is a sterile hybrid; the ovaries never produce seeds. The plant does produce bulbils that may be planted, but commercial...
    4 KB (403 words) - 17:32, 21 October 2023
  • but the successful extraction and purification of hecogenin from the sisal plant, and its availability made it a suitable commercial source. Glaxo Laboratories...
    12 KB (1,544 words) - 10:28, 21 October 2023
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    attempting to develop native industries in iron smelting and using the sisal plant to make rope – and paying for many supplies out of his own pocket. During...
    86 KB (10,348 words) - 17:20, 1 May 2024
  • with different crops before settling on sisal. They named the estate Sisal Ltd and with increased demand for sisal, the business flourished. Kakuzi Fiberlands...
    13 KB (1,246 words) - 18:31, 19 November 2023
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