Tossa jute

After much debate, there seems to be agreement that white jute originated in the Indo-Burma region and tossa jute in Africa. China is also considered to be one of the places of jute origin. According to some academics, some provinces of the southern parts of China are the secondary centres of origin of tossa and white jute [19]. 

Manzoor-i-Khuda et al. [17] have studied the variation in chemical constituents of jute fiber taken from different grades of both white and tossa and concluded that certain correlations exist between the analytical results and the commercial grade. Thus, it is claimed that the lignin content increases as the grades go from higher to lower, and that the ash content and copper number show similar negative correlations. 

There are mainly two types of jute. They are capsularis (white) and olitorious (tossa), while the capsularis fibre is whitish in colour and olitorious... 

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