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In a living tree, the bast fibers serve to conduct the nourishment which has been made in the leaves down thru the stem to the growing parts.

The original bundles of bast fiber actually were probably little longer than in this fragment.

The cells occurring in the cleft of the berry are straight, narrow, and long, becoming as long as 1 mm, and resemble bast fibers somewhat.

From what part of the plant are bast fibers obtained?

Ramie Besides the linen, there is a great number of bast fibers fit for textile purposes, some superior, some inferior.