The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23
b. Moorva, Marool, or Bow-string Hemp (Sanseviera zeylanica)
b. Moorva, Marool, or Bow-string Hemp ( Sanseviera zeylanica).
This plant supplies a fibre in point of strength and other qualities well calculated, when properly prepared, to compete with the "Manilla hemp" of the Philippine Islands.
734. | Moorva, Sanseviera zeylanica, valued at £36 per ton, Madras. |