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Field of sisal hemp plants |
Keywords: |
Africa Agave sisalana Beach Town Beachtown Cacti Cactus Dark Clouds Dark Continent EAC East Africa East African Community Eastern Africa Fiber Flora Hemp Horizontal Pangani Plant Life Plantlife Plants Sisal Field Style Sub-Saharan Africa Succulent Plant Tanga Region Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania Images Pictures Pics Photographs Fotos Stock Photos |
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Pangani, Tanzania - Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave plant (Agave sisalana) that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope. It is not really a variety of hemp, but named so because hemp was for centuries a major source for fiber, so other fibers were sometimes named after it.
In the 19th century, sisal cultivation was spread worldwide, from Florida to the Caribbean islands and Brazil, as well as to countries in Africa, notably Tanzania and Kenya, and Asia. Among flax, hemp, abaca, sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea)[1] and other agro-based fiber species, annual sisal production is the second largest worldwide, after cotton.
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Pangani |
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Tanga Region
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Tanzania |
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2.8
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1/80s
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400
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35.0mm
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Image ID: |
Tanzania_4628-Sisal_Hemp_Plant |
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