Research Article | Published: 10 December 2019

Extraction of Kittul Fibre by Urea Water Retting Process

Manoranjan  Mohanty

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 26 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 175-177 | 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2019-87X017 | Cite this article

Abstract

Caryota urens, commonly known as Indian Sago palm, Wine palm, Toddy palm, Fish tail palm and Salap in Odia, is naturally found in  almost all districts of Odisha. The palm produces three things, viz., fibre from leaf, sheath, frond and flowering stalk, drink from inflorescence stalk and sago from stem. The coarse fibre extracted mechanically by beating  leaf sheath, petiole and  flowering stalk is called kittul. In this work an attempt has been made to extract the fine kittul fibre by cooking leaves in 0.5% (W/V) urea and water solution followed by retting in the cold solution of same concentration for 18 days. The rope, cordage, etc. prepared from Kittul fibre is as strong as plastic fibre and is also biodegradable.

Keywords

Caryota urens, Indian Sago palm, Wine palm, Toddy palm, Fish tail palm, Salap, Kittul fibre, Retting

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Mohanty, M., 2019. Extraction of Kittul Fibre by Urea Water Retting Process. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 26(4), pp.175-177. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2019-87X017

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Manuscript Published on 10 December 2019

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