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Concept
Kenaf
Summary
Kenaf [etymology: Persian], Hibiscus cannabinus, is a plant in the family Malvaceae also called Deccan hemp and Java jute. Hibiscus cannabinus is in the genus Hibiscus and is native to Africa, though its exact origin is unknown. The name also applies to the fibre obtained from this plant. Kenaf is one of the allied fibres of jute and shows similar characteristics.
Europe:
English: Deccan hemp, Java jute, wild stockrose
French: chanvre de Bombay, chanvre du Deccan, chanvre de Guinée, chanvre de Gambo, chanvre de roselle, jute de Java, jute de Siam, kénaf, ketmie à feuilles de chanvre (Belgium), roselle
German: Ambari, Dekkanhanf, Gambohanf, Hanfeibisch, Javajute, Kenaf, Rosellahanf, Roselle, Siamjute
Portuguese: cânhamo rosella, juta-de-java, juta-do-sião, quenafe
Spanish: cáñamo de la India, cáñamo de gambo, cáñamo Rosella, pavona encendida, yute de Java, yute de Siam
Americas:
Brazilian Portuguese: papoula-de-são-francisco, cânhamo-brasileiro, quenafe
Africa:
Afrikaans: stokroos
Egypt & Northern Africa: til, teel, or teal تيل
West Africa: dah, gambo, and rama
Asia
Himachal (Pangolu): sunn
Lao: ປໍແກ້ວ pɔː kɛ̂ːw
India (Manipur): Shougri
India (Bihari): Kudrum
India (Bengal): mesta
India (Kannada): Pundi Palle
India (Marathi): Ambaadi
India (Tamil): pulicha keerai (புளிச்சைக் கீரை) Palungu (பலுஂகு)
India (Telugu): Gongura, Taag-Ambadi, Puntikura
Iran (Persian): Kanaf کنف
Taiwan: ambari
China: Hóng Má (红麻; red hemp); officially changed from Yáng Má (洋麻; foreign hemp) during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
Other names include Bimli, Ambary, Ambari Hemp, and Bimlipatum Jute.
According to Miyake and Suzuta (1937), there are more than 129 names for kenaf worldwide.
It is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant (rarely a short-lived perennial) growing to 1.5–3.5 m tall with a woody base. The stems are 1–2 cm diameter, often but not always branched. The leaves are 10–15 cm long and variable in shape; leaves near the base of the stems are deeply lobed (3 to 7 lobes) and leaves near the top of the stem are shallowly lobed or unlobed lanceolate.
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