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Raffia palms are members of the genus Raphia. The Malagasy name rafia is derived from fia "to squeeze juice ". [ 2 ] The genus contains about twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, and especially Madagascar , with one species ( R. taedigera ) also occurring in Central and South America. [ 1 ]
Duck blinds in the grain fields in south central Oregon and north central California can be as simple as a hunter walking three to five kilometres (2–3 mi) out into a grain field, stopping at a dike, a raised area, 60 cm (2 ft) or so high, 3–3.6 m (10–12 ft) wide and usually 800 m (1 ⁄ 2 mi) or so long on a side. The hunter sits down on ...
Raffia fibers being traded to a Kongo nobleman by Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo (circa. 1650). This species is strongly associated with human migration throughout the tropics, leaves being used for thatching, the leaflets for plaiting, and the midribs being a useful material for hut construction, furniture, fences, sweeping-brushes, floats for fishing nets, ladders and poles.
Several types of raffia cloth are produced for different purposes, the most common form of which is a plain woven cloth that is used as the foundation for decorated textile production. Men produce the cloth on inclined, single-heddle looms and then use it to make their clothing and to supply foundation cloth to female members of their clan section.
Polypropylene raffia, or PP raffia is a packaging material made from weaving ribbons of oriented polypropylene. It is named after the raffia palm , which the packaging emulates to some extent. Polypropylene raffia is considered to be a "widely used material for atmospheric capture".
Echinochloa crus-galli is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia that was formerly classified as a type of panicum grass. It is commonly known as cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common barnyard grass, or simply "barnyard grass" (which may refer to any species of Echinochloa or the genus as a whole however).
The plumed whistling duck breeds during the wet season, generally in January to March, although it can be later in April or, in a few cases, May. One brood is raised per season. The nest is a mattress of grasses or similar material in tall grass, or in or near vegetation as cover.
Dactylis glomerata is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, known as cock's-foot, [2] also colloquially as orchard grass, or cat grass (due to its popularity for use with domestic cats). It is a cool-season perennial C 3 tufted grass native throughout most of Europe, temperate Asia, and northern Africa. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]