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Women in Tangail, Bangladesh, sit outdoors peeling jute fiber from stems, with bundles of jute spread out in front of them and trees in the background. Drying jute
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jute, either of two species of Corchorus plantsā€”C. capsularis, or white jute, and C. olitorius, including both tossa and daisee varietiesā€”belonging to the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), and their fibre. The latter is a bast fibre; i.e., it is obtained from the inner bast tissue of the bark of the plantā€™s stem. Jute fibreā€™s primary use is in fabrics for packaging a wide range of agricultural and industrial commodities that require bags, sacks, packs,...

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