Sabutan
Pandanus sabutan is a screw pine plant ( A screw pine family – common name PANDAN) 2-4 m high. Its full-grown leaves are fine in texture, 2 m long and 6 cm wide. It rarely produces flowers and has not yet been found to bear fruit.
Abaca
The botanical name of abaca is Musa Textilis, a tree-like herb which is of the same genus as the common banana which it closely resembles. It is indigenous to the Philippines. The abaca is known worldwide as manila hemp. It is the strongest among natural fibers with fiber length from 3 to 9 feet or more.
Buntal
The talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, is of great economic importance. The blades of the large fan-shaped leaves yield a material for mats, sacks, and thatch; the vascular fiber of their petioles, called buntal, is the material from which the celebrated buntal hats are braided.
