The word Jute is also used in reference to the
Germanic people, the
Jutes. Jute is a long, soft, shiny
vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus
Corchorus, family
Malvaceae.Jute is one of the cheapest
natural fibres and is second only to
cotton in amount produced and variety of uses. Jute fibres are composed primarily of the plant materials
cellulose (major component of plant fibre) and
lignin (major components wood fibre). It is thus a ligno-cellulosic fibre that is partially a textile fibre and partially wood. It falls into the
bast fibre category (fibre collected from bast or skin of the plant) along with
kenaf,
industrial hemp,
flax (
linen),
ramie, etc. The industrial term for jute fibre is raw jute. The fibres are off-white to brown, and 1–4 meters (3–12 feet) long.
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