Directory of Kenaf Resources

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• About the Kenaf Plant

  http://www.visionpaper.com/kenaf2.html
  A good description of kenaf with graphics.

• Alternative Field Crops Manual: Kenaf

  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/kenaf.html
  History of kenaf, its uses, growth habits, environmental requirements, cultural practices and the economics of the crop.

• Hibiscus cannabinus

  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Hibiscus_cannabinus_nex.html
  Index of articles about kenaf and its cultivation.

• Hibiscus cannabinus L.

  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Hibiscus_cannabinus.html
  Section from the 1983 Handbook of Energy Crops covers the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, description, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields and economics, and other aspects of kenaf and its production. Includes references.

• Kenaf

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenaf
  Information from Wikipedia on Hibiscus cannibinus and the fiber obtained from it.

• Kenaf Paper: An Ecological Alternative

  http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/kenafx.htm
  written by the Forest Friendly Paper Campaign, this site discusses on how kenaf is identified as the best non-wood paper alternative.

• Kenaf Production

  http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/question.php/2008/05/05/p5501
  Introduction to kenaf and its uses, with a bibliography of available kenaf publications.

• Kenaf: An Emerging New Crop Industry

  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-402.html
  Information on kenaf history, cultivations, resources This report describes an on-going adventure with a new crop called kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L, a new annual fiber crop with a range of product applications.

• New Uses for Kenaf

  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug00/kenaf0800.htm
  Information on research into uses for the residues from this crop after the fiber has been extracted for paper manufacture.

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