Akon (natural fiber)

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When Akon is derived from the seed fibers of asclepiadoideae Calotropis gigantea and Calotropis procera but also by the Indians-milkweed ( Asclepias curassavica ,) gained, kapokähnliche natural fiber called. In a communication from the Botanical Garden and Museum Berlin-Dahlem from 1913, the use of the fiber as a substitute for cotton and down is mentioned. However, the acon fiber has not achieved any notable importance due to the difficulty in obtaining it.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ E. Ulbrich : The kapok supplying cotton trees of the German colonies in tropical Africa. Note sheet of the Royal Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin, Volume 6, No. 51 (April 25, 1913), pp. 1-34, JSTOR 3994556 .
  2. ^ Messages from the Museum of Ethnology in Hamburg. Volume 19, 1938, p. 41.