Anatomy and physicochemical properties of the chambira fiber

The anatomy of the unopened spear leaf of the chambira palm (Astrocaryum chambira), from which chambira fiber is extracted, is described and compared with that of three species (Astrocaryum jauari, occasionally used for fiber extraction, A. standleyanum and A. perangustatum, which do not provide any...

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Main Authors: Manuel Marín, Betty Millán, Francis Kahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos 2012-10-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Biología
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Online Access:http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/779