COMESA 261: Textiles - Natural fibres - Generic names and definitions

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COMESA 261 (2006) (English): Textiles -
Natural fibres - Generic names and definitions

COMESA HARMONISED COMESA/FDHS
STANDARD 261: 2006

Textiles - Natural fibres - Generic names and
definitions

REFERENCE: FDHS 261: 2006
Foreword

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) was established in 1994 as a regional
economic grouping consisting of 20 member states after signing the co-operation Treaty. In Chapter 15 of
the COMESA Treaty, Member States agreed to co-operate on matters of standardisation and Quality
assurance with the aim of facilitating the faster movement of goods and services within the region so as
to enhance expansion of intra-COMESA trade and industrial expansion.

Co-operation in standardisation is expected to result into having uniformly harmonised standards.
Harmonisation of standards within the region is expected to reduce Technical Barriers to Trade that are
normally encountered when goods and services are exchanged between COMESA Member States due
to differences in technical requirements. Harmonized COMESA Standards are also expected to result into
benefits such as greater industrial productivity and competitiveness, increased agricultural production and
food security, a more rational exploitation of natural resources among others.

COMESA Harmonized Standards are developed by the COMESA experts on standards representing the
National Standards Bodies and other stakeholders within the region and are approved after circulating
Final Draft Harmonized Standards (FDHS) to all member states for at least three months. The assumption
is that all contentious issues would have been resolved during the previous stages or that an international
or regional standard being adopted has been subjected through a development process consistent with
accepted international practice.

COMESA Standards are subject to review, to keep pace with technological advances. Users of the
COMESA Harmonized Standards are therefore expected to ensure that they always have the latest
version of the standards they are implementing.

This COMESA standard is technically identical to ISO 6938:1984- Textiles - Natural fibres - Generic
names and definitions

A COMESA Harmonized Standard does not purport to include all necessary provisions of a contract. Users are
responsible for its correct application.
International Standard
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATlON.MEX~YHAPO,lJHAR OPI-AHM3Al.@lR f-lo CTAH~APTM3AL&lM~ORGANlSATlON INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION
Textiles - Natural fibres - Generic names and definitions
Textiles - Fibres na turelles - Noms g&Griques et dhfinitions
First edition - 1984-03-15
UDC 677X3 : 001.4 Ref. No. IS0 6938-1984 (E)
Descriptors : textiles, textile fibres, natural fibres, nomenclature, definitions.
Price based on 6 pages
Foreword
IS0 (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of
national standards bodies (IS0 member bodies). The work of developing International
Standards is carried out through IS0 technical committees. Every member body
interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been authorized has the
right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental
and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to
the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by
the IS0 Council.
International Standard IS0 6938 was developed by Technical Committee lSO/TC 38,
Textdes, and was circulated to the member bodies in December 1982.
It has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries :
Australia Iran Romania
Belgium Iraq Spain
Bulgaria Israel South Africa, Rep. of
Canada Italy Sweden
Czechoslovakia Jamaica Tanzania
Egypt, Arab Rep. of Korea, Rep. of Turkey
Finland Mexico United Kingdom
France Netherlands USA
Ghana New Zealand USSR
Hungary Poland Venezuela
lndia Portugal Yugoslavia
The member body of the following country expressed disapproval of the document on
technical grounds :
Germany, F. R.
0 International Organization for Standardization, 1984
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IS0 69384984 (E)
Textiles - Natural fibres - Generic names and definitions
1 Scope and field of application - fibres from hair follicles, with multicellular structure,
composed of keratin, forming the fleece, the coat, the mane
or the tail of certain animals.
This International Standard gives the generic names and the
definitions of the most important natural fibres according to
their specific constitution or origin. 2.3 Vegetable fibres
These include in particular :
An alphabetical list of names in common use is provided,
together with the corresponding standardized denominations.
- fibres from seeds : single-cell structure, generated by
the epidermal cells of the seed, almost entirely constituted
of cellulose;
2 Types of fibres
- fibres from bast : composite fibres obtained from the
bast of certain plants, mainly constituted of cellulose and
2.1 Natural fibres
accompanied with incrusting and intercellular materials
(pectin bodies, hemicellulose, lignin);
Natural fibres are fibres which occur in nature; they can be
categorized according to their origin into animal, vegetable and - fibres from leaf : composite fibres obtained from
mineral fibres. leaves, constituted chiefly of cellulose plus incrusting and
intercellular materials, consisting of lignin and hemi-
2.2 Animal fibres celluloses;
- fibres from fruit : composite fibres obtained from fruit,
These include in particular :
constituted chiefly of cellulose plus incrusting and intercel-
lular materials, consisting of lignin and hemicelluloses.
- fibres from silk glands, secreted by some insects, par-
ticularly by larvae of the lepidopter order, in the form of two
2.4 Mineral fibres
filaments of fibroin cemented together by sericin;
Mineral fibres are obtained from rocks of fibrous structure,
- fibres secreted by some molluscs; constituted principally of silicates.
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3 Fibre generic names
3.1 Animal fibres
3.1.1 Fibres from silk glands
Number Standard name’) Definition
3.1.1.1 SILK Fibre extruded by the silkworm Bombyx mori.
(Soie)
3.1.1.22) TASAR Fibre extruded by silkworm Antheraea myitta, Antheraea pernyi, Antheraea yama-may,
(Tasar) An theraea ro ylei, An theraea pro ylei.
3.1 .1.32) MUGA Fi bre extruded by silkworm Antheraea assamensis.
(Muga)
1 3.1.1.42) 1 ERI Fibre extruded by silkworm Phylosamia ricini.
1 (Et-i)
3.1.1.52) ANAPHE Fibre extruded by silkworm Anaphe.
I (Anaphe)
BYSSUS Fibre extruded from some molluscs Pinna nobi’k.
I (Byssus)
I) Names in brackets are equivalent French language names.
2) The names relative to numbers 3.1.1.2 to 3.1.1.5 may be followed by the term “silk”.
3.1.2 Fibres from hair follicles
Number Standard name’) Definition
Fibre from sheep or lamb of the genus Ovl’s aries.
ALPACA Fibre from alpaca Lama paces.
(Alpaga)
3.1.2.32) ANGORA Fibre from angora rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus.
(Angora)
-Gzz---~g;~~; 1
Fibre from cashmere goat Capra hircus laniger.
CAMEL Fibre from camel Came/us bactrianus.
(Chameau)
Fibre from guanaco Lama huanaco.
3.1.2.72) LLAMA Fibre from llama Lama glama.
(Lama)
3.1.2.8211- K/4;; Fibre from angora goat Capra hircus aegagrus.
3.1.2.92) VICUNA Fibre from vicuna Lama vicugna.
(Vigogne)
3.1.2.102) YAK Fibre from yak Bos (Pod;phagusJ grunniens.
(Yack)
3.1:2.113) cow Fibre from common ox Bos taurus.
(Bceuf)
3.1.2.123) BEAVER Fibre from beaver Castor canadensis.
(Castor)
I) Names in brackets are equivalent French language names.
2) The names relative to numbers 3.1.2.2 to 3.1.2.10 may be followed by the term “wool” and/or “hair”.
3) The names relative to numbers 3.1.2.11 to 3.1.2.12 should be followed by the term “hair”.
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Number Standard name’) Definition
3.1.2.132) DEER Fibre from deer Genus cervus.
(Daim)
3.1.2.142) GOAT Fibre from common goat Genus capra.
(Chevre)
3.1.2.152) HORSES) Fibre from horse Eguus cabal/us.
(Cheval)
3.1.2.162) RABBIT Fibre from common rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus.
(Lapin)
3.1.2.172) HARE Fibre from hare Lepus europaeus and Lepus timidus.
( Lievre)
3.1.2.182) OTTER Fibre from otter Lutra lutra.
(Loutre)
3.1.2.192) NUTRIA Fibre from coypu Myocastor coypus.
(Myocastor)
3.1.2.202) SEAL Fibre from seal Faml’ly pinnipedia.
(Phoque)
3.1.2.212) MUSKRAT Fibre from musk rat Fiber zibathicus.
(Rat musque)
3.1.2.222) REINDEER Fibre from reindeer Genus rangifer.
(Renne)
3.1.2.232) MINK Fibre from mink Mustela (Lutreola) vison.
(Vison)
3.1.2.242) MARTEN Fibre from marten Mustela martes.
(Martre)
3.1.2.252) SABLE Fibre from sable Mustela zibellina.
((ZZiibbeelliinnee)) I I
33..11..22..226622)) WWEEAASSEELL FFiibbrree ffrroomm wweeaasseell MMuusstteellaa mmiissaalliiss..
((BBeelleettttee))
33..11..22..227722)) BBEEAARR FFiibbrree ffrroomm bbeeaarr UUrrssuuss aarrccttooss..
((OOuurrss))
33..11..22..228822)) EERRMMIINNEE FFiibbrree ffrroomm eerrmmiinnee MMuusstteellaa eerrmmiinneeaa..
((HHeerrmmiinnee))
33..11..22..229922)) AARRTTIICC FFOOXX FFiibbrree ffrroomm aarrttiicc ffooxx VVuu//ppuuss llaaggooppuuss,, CCaannllss iissaattiiss..
((RReennaarrdd aarrccttiiqquuee))
1) Names in brackets are equivalent French language names.
2) The names relative to numbers 3.1.2.13 to 3.1.2.29 should be followed by the term “hair”.
3) Horse-hair fibre coming from the mane or the tail of the horse; horse-coat fibre coming from the coat of the horse.
3.2 Vegetable fibres
3.2.1 Fibres from seeds
Number Standard name’) Definition
3.2.1 .I COTTON Single-cell fibre from the seed of plants of the Gossypium.
(Coton)
I,.,.,.,-pKu~~
Fibre from the seeds of Calotropis gigantea and Calotropis procera.
3.2.1.3 KAPOK Single-cell fibre from the seed pods of the kapok tree Ceiba pentandra.
(Kapok)
1) Names in brackets are the equivalent French language names.
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3.2.2 Bast fibres
I Number 1 Standard name’) I Definition I
3.2.2.1 HEMP Fibre from the stems of hemp Cannabis satl’va.
I (Chanvre) I
3.2.2.2 BROOM Fibre from the stems of broom Cytisus scoparius and Spartium junceum.
(Genet)
3.2.2.3 JUTE21 Fibre from the stems of jute Corchorus capsularis and Corchorus olitorius.
(Jute)
3.2.2.4 KENAF2) Fibre from the stems of kenaf Hibiscus cannabinus.
(Kenaf)
3.2.2.5 FLAX Fibre from the stems of flax Linum usitatl’ssimum.
(Lin)
3.2.2.6 RAMIE Fibre from the stems of ramie Boehmeria nivea, Boehmeria tenacisslina.
(Ramie)
Fibre from the stems of roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa.
Fibre from the stems of sunn Crotalaria juncea.
3.2.2.9 URENA2) Fibre from the stems of urena Urena lobata and Urena sinuata.
(U&a)
3.2.2.10 ABUTILON2) Fibre from the stems of Abutilon angulatum, Abutilon avicennae and Abutilon
(Abutilon) theophrasti.
3.2.2.11 PUNGA2) Fibre from the stems of Clappertonia ficifolia, Triumfetta cordifolia and Triumfetta
1P unga) rhomboidea .
3.2.2.12 BLUISH DOGBANE Fibre from the stems of Apocynum androsae mifolium, Apocynum cannabinum.
(Bluish dogbane)
1) Names in brackets are the equivalent French language names.
2) Called also “jute and allied fibres”
3.2.3 Leaf fibres
Number Standard name11 Definition
3.2.3.1 ABACA Fibre from the leaves of Musa textilis.
(Abaca)
Fibre from the leaves of Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum.
I
3.2.3.3 ALOE Fibre from the leaves of Furcraea gigantea.
I (Aloe)
3.2.3.4 FIQUE Fibre from the leaves of Furcraea macrophylla.
(Fique)
3.2.3.5 HENEQUEN Fibre from the leaves of Agave fourcroydes.
(Henequen)
3.2.3.6 MAGUEY Fibre from the leaves of Agave cantala.
(Maguey)
3.2.3.7 PHORMIUM Fibre from the leaves of Phormium tenax.
(Phormium)
I I
3.2.3.8 SISAL Fibre from the leaves of Agave sisalana.
(Sisal) I
I
3.2.3.9 TAMPICO Fibre from the leaves of Agave funkiana.
(Tampico)
I) Names in brackets are equivalent French language names.
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