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King: Philippine Bast-fiber Ropes 
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9. 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) . 
10. Rope having a mean girth of 47 millimeters, made of the leaf 
of the buri palm [Corypha data). 
11. Rope having a mean girth of 22 millimeters, made of the vascular 
fibers (buntal) found in the petioles of the buri palm {Corypha 
data) . 
12. Rope having a mean girth of 20 millimeters, made of strips of 
Amomwm sp. bast. 
TEXT FIGURES 
Fig. 1. Typical cross-sectional profiles of ropes tested. Actual size. 
a, rope made of Cordia cumingiana bast. 
b, rope made of Kleinhovia hospita bast. 
c, rope made of split bamboo {Dendrocalamus merrillianus) . 
d, rope made of “F” grade abaca (machine laid). 
2. Showing the twist of two-, three-, and four-strand ropes, 
respectively. 
