| This paper reports on the possible changing sexual expression of piassava palm. |
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| This is the case of the piassava palm, whose fibers were used even in those days to make brooms. |
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| Birch or beech wood is used for handles and the wooden grips, and horsehair, white fibre or piassava is used for bristles, depending on what the brush is to be used for. |
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| Piassava is a fibre extracted from a palm tree. It is found in the northeastern part of Brazil. |
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| A few species of palms that grow in tropical America and Africa are the source of brush fibers called commercially Piassava, Piassaba or Bass Fiber. |
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