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King: Philippine Bast-fiber Ropes - 655 
- Rope having a mean girth of 50 ‘millimeters, made of coir (fiber 
extracted from the husk of the fruit of the coco palm, Cocos 
nucifera). 
- Rope having a mean girth of 47 millimeters, made of the leaf 
of the buri palm (Corypha elata). 
Rope having a mean girth of 22 millimeters, made of the vascular 
fibers (buntal) found in the petioles of the buri palm (Corypha 
elata). 
Rope having a mean girth of 20 millimeters, made of strips of 
Amomum sp. bast. 
_ TEXT FIGURES 
- Typical cross-sectional profiles of ropes tested. Actual size. 
a, rope made of Cordia cumingiana bast. 
6, rope made of Kleinhovia hospita bast. 
¢, rope made of split bamboo (Dendrocalamus merrillianus) . 
d, rope made of “F” grade abac4 (machine laid). 
. Showing the twist of two-, three-, and four-strand ropes, 
respectively. 
