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What is Pandan? (Pandanus amaryllifolius)

Posted by Anggy Ningrum on 22.15 with No comments

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Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus (screwpine) genus, which is commonly known as pandan leaves , and is used widely in South Asian and Southeast Asian cooking as a flavoring. ) wikipedia.com

There are two types of pandan leaves according to their purposes.

Pandan Wangi usually used for cooking. the benefit is as a flavoring and as a cake decoration accessories.
Pandan Duri used as a form of woven handicrafts. Our company uses the best quality of pandanus thorns to be used as raw material

Pandan Wangi
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Pandan Duri
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before becoming a bag, pandan leaf through several stages in order to get into the weaving stage. Leaves cleared of thorns that stick, then boiled to remove sap. pandan leaves have been boiled dried before entering the stage staining. Last, pandan leaves are ready to be woven.

What is Mendong? (Fimbristylis umbellaris)

Posted by Anggy Ningrum on 03.11 with 1 comment

according to the website wikipedia.com Mendong (Fimbristylis umbellaris) or also called purun rat is one type of grass that lives in the swamp, including tribal members Cyperaceae. This plant produces woven material, so it is cultivated in some areas.

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In Indonesia, especially in Ambarawa, Middle Java, There are a lot of these types of plants growing around swamps and commonly used local people to be cultivated into a variety of crafts. one of them is a craft woven bags produced by BERKAH INSANI.

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characteristics of the plant:

Terna chronic, with a small rhizome, 20-120 cm tall. Long hair stem meeting, stiff, angled obtuse or nearly spherical piston, more or less flattened under inflorescence, smooth, striped, the center line of 1-5 mm. The leaves often reduced to not have a blade, similar to the tube, sloping edges trimmed, form-brimmed brown sheath; leaves on the stems of young plants in fertile or flattened and grooved-groove width of 1.5 mm. Inflorescence at the helm, single or compound, with 1-40 spikelet, the largest umbrella similar, 3-10 cm in length. Fruit ears flattened, menyegitiga, or convex on both sides, there are smooth nodules, 0.8-1 × 0.6-0.8 mm.

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Advantages of the products:

in addition to having a high aesthetic value, products made of mendong also has durability (durability). This bag is very unique with delicate embroidery and a variety of motives and excellent fabric quality that make sure we can compete in the world of fashion especially in the fashion bags