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Palm Leaves as Potential Natural-fibre Source for a Tropical Island Developing State

Hareenanden Ramasawmya Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, University of Mauritius, Réduit, MauritiusCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jaykumar Chummuna Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, University of Mauritius, Réduit, MauritiusView further author information
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François Benjamin Vincent Florensb Tropical Island Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Pole of Research, Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, MauritiusORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-5438View further author information
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Pages 607-619 | Published online: 21 Jul 2019

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