Carludovica Palmata
A pandanaceous plant from Panama and southward. Panama hats are made from the leaves of this plant. The leaves are cut when young, and the stiff parallel veins removed, after which they are slit into...
A pandanaceous plant from Panama and
southward. Panama hats are made from the leaves of this plant. The
leaves are cut when young, and the stiff parallel veins removed,
after which they are slit into shreds, but not separated at the
stalk end, and immersed in boiling water for a short time, then
bleached in the sun.
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