abacá are thought to have originated from the eastern Philippines, where there is significant rainfall throughout the year. Wild varieties of abacá can...

Abaca slippers are made from dried abacá plants and leaves, as well as sometimes from dried pineapple plant leaves. Abaca slippers may be found in the...

Abaca bract mosaic virus (ABrMV) is a plant pathogenic virus. It is transmitted by Pentalonia nigronervosa, Aphis gossypii, and Rhopalosiphum maidis....

of files. The paper was traditionally produced with manila fibers from abacá leaves, a.k.a. manila hemp. This material was named after Manila, capital...

Abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV) is a pathogenic plant virus of the family Nanoviridae. ABTV has been isolated from both abacá (Musa textilis) and banana...

year during the fourth week of May. It recognizes the importance of the abacá fiber and the Manila hemp industry for the local economy. The festival also...

manila hemp (a.k.a. abacá leaves), which was named after Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Beginning in the 1840s, recycled abacá rope fibers were...

(coir, ramie, sisal, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, linen, abacá, etc.) Animal fiber (wool, silk, alpaca, camel, angora, cashmere, mohair...

dreams, which they believe are a gift from Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá. The rest of the community, including the men, are able to participate in...

It is traditionally made with sheer textiles (nipis) woven from piña or abacá; although in modern times, cheaper materials like organza silk, ramie or...

side while its reverse side has similar design elements with the cotton-abacá version. Due to hyperinflation caused by the ongoing event of World War...

lumber. Growing abacá plants can reduce erosion, increase biodiversity and enrich the soil. This is accomplished by interplanting abacá with other plant...

name Mesembrinella socors (Walker, 1861) Synonyms Calliphora socors Walker, 1861 Huascaromusca abaca Hall, 1948 Mesembrinella bicolor Giglio-Tos, 1893...

Abaqa Khan (1234–1282), ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate, based in Persia Abacá, a Philippine species of banana Edmund Abaka, photographer and historian...

Republic Act No. 11700 declaring Catanduanes province as the Philippines Abacá Capital. Catanduanes' earliest recorded name was Isla de Cobos. This was...

coconuts, bananas, and pineapples; it is the world's largest producer of abaca,: 226–242  and was the world's second biggest exporter of nickel ore in...

coconut meat) producer in the Philippines. It also is a major producer of abacá, and exports crude oil and copra pellets. On March 20, 2018, Davao Oriental...

people's tradition of weaving T'nalak, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fibre. Born on August 3, 1928, Lang Dulay was a T'boli princess from the...

Abacá banana leaf fibres drying...

Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn...

province plant rice, white corn, bananas, root crops, sugar cane, coconut and abacá. They also plant various types of vegetables. A three-year project was established...

formed by the rolled bases of leaves. List of hardy bananas Musa textilis (Abacá), banana species also used as a traditional source of fiber in the Philippines...

Mohair Pashmina Qiviut Rabbit Silk Sinew Spider silk Wool Vicuña Yak Plant Abacá Bagasse Bamboo Coir Cotton Flax (Linen) Hemp Jute Kapok Kenaf Piña Pine...

briefly Governor of Camarines Sur in 1945. He was elected President of the Abacá Fiber Institute of the Philippines, then appointed by President Manuel Roxas...

Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn...

Thoroughbred racehorse Manila hemp refers to the natural fibre from the abacá plant that is used in making: Manila ropes Manila paper Manila folders and...

Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn...

techniques were direct adaptations of the native weaving traditions using abacá fiber, which has a similar texture. Piña were woven into lustrous lace-like...

Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn...

Africa in the 16th century. Southeast Asian banana cultivars, as well as abaca grown for fibers, were introduced to North and Central America by the Spanish...