The Raphia Palm.
The vaphia palm, a product of Nyassaland, does not attain the height of the cocoanut palm, though it far exceeds it in beauty and laxuriance. Its leaves are pinnated, each leaf containing some 150 pinn© four four to five feet long. The under part of these pin nsb is covered with a yellow pellicule, which, when stripped off, constitutes the fibre. This ia half an inch broad, and can be woven into the finest threads. With white native ■ilk as the woof, and this raphia fibre as the warp, a lovely dress material like the finest poplin is manufactured in the country. It is also ased in horticulture to tie up #*ines, as moisture does not affect it. Bat, from the increasing demand for it at home, it is evident that it hai other uses, which are come trade Moret. .
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Manawatu Herald, 7 May 1896, Page 3
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143The Raphia Palm. Manawatu Herald, 7 May 1896, Page 3
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