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Jute

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Jute is a long, rough bast fiber spun into coarse, strong thread, historically central to the economy and culture of Bengal, including present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and Assam. It has been cultivated since the third millennium BC, with early use traced to the Indus Valley civilisation, and remains valuable today as a biodegradable material for sacking, hessian cloth, carpet backing and erosion-control matting, alongside long-standing culinary use of its leaves. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis 2
Crop Class
Fiber 1
Domestication Region
South Asia (Indus Valley civilisation; centered on Bengal, including present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and Assam) 2
Domesticated When (Circa)
Since the third millennium BC 2
Classification
Primary Use
Fiber 1
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bangladesh, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bengal, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Jute (Wikipedia)
  • lead: a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads
  • lead: bast fibre spun into coarse, strong threads
  • lead: used for durable and sustainable packaging, such as burlap sacks
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2. Jute (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead section, HistoryView the Source
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