| Potential sources being tested include soy, hemp, ramie, kenaf stems, pineapple and henequen leaves, and banana stems. |
|
| They labored on vast tobacco, sugarcane, and henequen plantations, in virtual slavery enforced by their continuing debt to the landowners. |
|
| Native commercial plants included cotton, tobacco, henequen for its fibre, and cocoa beans, which served as a medium of exchange. |
|
| Several species of Agave, notably A. sisalana, are cultivated for henequen and sisal fibres derived from their leaves. |
|
| The city serves as a commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural and pastoral lands, which yield primarily henequen, coffee, and cattle. |
|
| Baskets, mats, and hammocks are woven from plant fibers such as henequen. |
|
| He subordinated most of a wide set of social, labor and political reforms to his overriding interest in realizing a sweeping agrarian reform in the henequen zone. |
|
| Countless Yeomem Indians were hanged throughout Sonora, and countless more were rounded up and shipped to Oaxaca and the henequen plantations in Yucatan. |
|
| Abaca, henequen, and sisal are fibres occurring as part of the fibrovascular system of the leaves. |
|
| Sisal, henequen and similar hard fibres are produced from the leaf of the Agave mainly in Africa, Latin America and China. |
|
| In the 19th century its economy was based on the processing and export of locally grown henequen, a fibrous plant from which twine and rope are produced. |
|
| Matanzas is one of Cuba's chief ports, handling mainly sugar and henequen fibre, and it is an industrial centre, manufacturing rayon, rope, shoes, fertilizers, and matches. |
|
| These natural fibers include flax, hemp, jute, sisal, kenaf, coir, kapok, banana, henequen, and many others. |
|
| Chemical modification of henequen fibers with an organosilane coupling agent. |
|
| Agaves, which are used to make tequila and to harvest henequen fibers, have been an important part of Mexico's economy and culture since pre-Colombian times. |
|
