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Re: HELP: Translating the Babel Text

From:B. Garcia <madyaas@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 7:43
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:34:31 +0200, Carsten Becker
<naranoieati@...> wrote:

> raffia (right word for "Bast"?) and wood as the main > building materials.
I wanted to comment on this. Bast fibers are the strong woody fibers obtained from the phloem of woody plants, which conduct food through the plant. Raffia is obtained from the petiole bases of Raphia farinifera, a palm from Africa (east Africa and Madagascar). The genus Raphia includes a species with the longest leaves on the planet - up to 80 feet long. They belong to Raphia regalis, which looks almost trunkless, and more like a massive shuttle cock, or feather duster. -- You can turn away from me but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know And you'll never be the city guy Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show Scooby Show - Belle and Sebastian