Little-branched herbaceous shrub bearing long-stalked, alternate, heart-shaped leaves with serrate edges whose undersides are light-coloured and covered in felty hairs. The pale and inconspicuous flowers are produced in long panicles in the leaf axils. They produce indehiscent fruits with an irregularly shaped pericarp.
Ramie is an old, well-known fibre plant that has been somewhat forgotten. Its fine fibres are mainly used for textiles as ramie is water-resistant and more tearproof than cotton fabric.
We are currently at the experimental stage of making fibres from this plant ourselves. Extracting the strong fibres is very laborious.
Southwestern China
Sämi Moser
Ramie is an old, well-known fibre plant that has been somewhat forgotten. Its fine fibres are mainly used for textiles as ramie is water-resistant and more tearproof than cotton fabric.
We are currently at the experimental stage of making fibres from this plant ourselves. Extracting the strong fibres is very laborious.
