410 PHILIPPINE FIBER PLANTS 
white, occur in axillary or terminal clusters, and are about 2 
centimeters in length. The fruit is a small, black, fleshy berry. 
This species has been reported only from Benguet. 
LIST OF SPECIES USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES 
The following list gives the principal wild species which are 
employed in making different articles. No attempt has been 
made to include ordinary uses of the cultivated species. The 
sections on bamboos and palms should also be consulted, as 
fibers from these plants are not included in the present section. 
BAGS 
Musa teatilis 
Pandanus radicans 
Pandanus simplex 
Scirpus grossus 
Typha angustifolia 
BASKETS 
Agave cantala 
Dendrobium crumenatum 
Donax cannaeformis 
Dryopteris pteroides 
Epipremnum spp. 
Flagellaria indica 
Gleichenia linearis 
Lygodium spp. 
Musa textilis 
Nephrolepis hirsutula 
Pandanus copelandii 
Pandanus luzonensis 
Pandanus radicans 
Pandanus simplex 
Pandanus tectorius 
Pericampylus glaucus 
Pothos spp. 
Raphidophora spp. 
Rhynchospora corymbosa 
Scirpus grossus 
Stenochlaena palustris 
Typha angustifolia 
BELTS 
Gleichenia linearis 
Musa textilis 
BOXES 
Lygodium spp. 
BROOMS 
Andropogon zizanioides 
Malvastrum coromandelinum 
Oryza sativa 
Phragmites karka 
Phragmites vulgaris 
Saccharum spontaneum 
Thysanolaena maxima 
CORDAGE 
Abroma fastuosa 
Abrus precatorius 
Agelaea everettiu 
Allaeanthus glaber 
Alphitonia excelsa 
Amomum sp. 
Anamirta cocculus 
Artocarpus communis 
Artocarpus integra 
Artocarpus rubrovenia 
Bauhinia cumingiana 
Boehmeria nivea 
Bombax ceiba 
Bombycidendron vidalianum 
Columbia blancoi 
Columbia lanceolata 
Columbia mollis 
Commersonia bartramia 
Corchorus capsularis 
Corchorus olitorius 
Cordia cumingiana 
Cordia myxa 
Cyperus malaccensis 
Donax cannaeformis 
Elaeocarpus calomala 
Ficus benjamina 
Ficus forstenti 
Ficus pachyphylla 
Ficus palawanensis 
Flagellaria indica 
Gnetum gnemon 
Gnetum indicum 
Gnetum sp. 
