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eco friendly fibers

bananativa

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100 million tons

of bananas

are produced

each year

this fruit called Lady Finger bananas also Musa acuminata. Sugar bananas, Sucrier, Niños,

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around the world,

more than

five million hectares

are used

for these crops

 
 

After the harvest,

more than

500 million logs

remain as waste

on the planet

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musase textil

These discarded logs contain

natural fibers

ideal for textile products

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SPECS

diameter (mm):

length, raw (mm):

density (g/cm3):

tensile strength (MPa): 

moisture content (%):

fiber porosity (%):  

0,20

900

1.35

54

10

40

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banana fiber is

absorbent, strength, and light.

a natural shine

makes it stand out

from other fibers

 
 
 
 
 
 

the shine of silk,

the freshness of cotton

and the texture of linen

in a single type of fiber,

the banana fiber

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a thread is spun from flax, traditional agricultural and artisan women's work for the prod

handmade yarns

using ancestral

knowledge

and techniques

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