cpar loacal materials

• 1. Abaca - Banana Family, fiber has natural luster with colors pure white to ivory and dark brown
• 2. Bakbak - outermost covering or leaf sheath of abaca stalk. Flat thick durable sheath as twine or braided. Strong brown fiber used to make furniture.
• 3. Bamboo - used in raw materials in creating many products. used in constructions, textile, musical instruments, weapons, etc.
• 4. Buntal - cylindrically shaped fibers. The supple ivory white strands are quite durable, pliable, and good dyeing qualities.
• 5. Buri - extracted from the matured leaves of buri palm. Fiber is durable and resistant to moisture.
• 6. Coir - fiborous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree.
• 7. Nito - Fern family. Grows abundantly in hinterlands of mindanao
• 8. Pandan - Tropical plant. Processed and transformed into splints that is used as raw materials.
• 9. Raffia - Fiber extracted from unopened buri leaf in 3 stages. Its loom woven into fabrics or used as wall coverings, unpholstery material, folding doors, window hangings.
• 10. Rattan - Palm family. there are different types of rattan palms, such as high or low climbers, single stemmed or clustered rattan species.
• 11. Tikiw - large, erect, aquatic/marshy herb plant. found in central luzon to mindanao. aboundis in fresh water swaps, newly opened rice land at low attitudes.
• 12. Tikog - Sea grasses. native reed plant used as raw materials for mat weaving