Potential of Okra for Application in Textiles: A Review

ABSTRACT

Synthetic hydrocarbon-based biostable polymeric fibres contribute about 60% of the global fibre production. Though they are very effective as far as their end application is concerned, the availability of those fibres in the near future may get reduced due to depletion of natural resource, i.e., petroleum oil. The well-explored natural fibres have limited availability in terms of quantity and those cannot fulfil the total requirement of fiber applications. So there is a global need to search and explore new underexploited, but commercially important natural fibres. After harvesting the vegetable crop, i.e., Lady Finger, the effort was made to use the leftover plant biomass to extract fiber, following a similar process of bast fiber extraction. The present paper reviews the important attributes of underexploited okra plant as a fibre source for various textile applications. Also, it advocates farmers for growing okra plant for additional income generation, while preventing the production of greenhouse gases during burning (commonly practiced). India is the highest producer of Okra in the world, but after okra harvesting, the stem mostly remains underutilized. The paper also reviews the methods of extraction of okra fiber by retting, and its physical, chemical and tensile properties were compared with similar well-explored lignocellulosic jute fiber.

摘要

合成碳氢化合物生物稳定聚合物纤维占全球纤维产量的60%左右. 虽然，就其最终应用而言，它们非常有效，但由于自然资源（即石油）的枯竭，这些纤维在不远的将来可能会减少. 勘探良好的天然纤维在数量上有限，不能满足纤维应用的总体要求. 因此，全球需要搜索和探索开发新的、但具有商业重要性的天然纤维. 在收获蔬菜作物（即“指指夫人“）后，经过类似的纤维提取过程，努力利用剩菜植物生物量提取纤维. 本文综述了未充分利用的奥克拉工厂作为各种纺织应用纤维来源的重要属性. 此外，它还提倡农民种植秋葵植物，以增加收入，同时防止燃烧期间产生温室气体（通常做法）. 印度是世界上奥克拉产量最高的国家，但在秋葵收获后，茎大多仍未得到充分利用. 本文还回顾了通过重拔提取奥克拉纤维的方法，并将其的物理、化学和拉伸特性与类似探索良好的木质黄麻纤维进行了比较.

KEYWORDS:

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• okra fiber
• agricultural waste
• okra fibre for textile
• fibre extraction

关键词:

• 阿贝尔莫斯库斯库伦图斯
• 秋千纤维
• 农业废弃物
• 用于纺织的秋葵纤维
• 纤维提取