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. 2020 Oct 15;12(10):2373. doi: 10.3390/polym12102373

Table 3.

Classification of Natural Fibers Adopted From [2].

Bio Fibers Sources Examples
Animal Fiber Wool/hair—sheep, camel, rabbit hair goat hair, yak, horsehair, Silk Asbestos
Mineral Asbestos, wollastonite
Plant fiber Stalk fiber Bamboo, wheat, rice, grass, barley, corn, maize, oat
Fruit fiber Coconut, betelnut
Seed fiber Cotton, oil palm, kapok, alfalfa
Leaf fiber Sisal, banana, palm, date palm, pineapple, henequen, agave
Bast fiber Hemp, jute, banana, flax, kenaf sugarcane, ramie, roselle