Brief of Ramie

	Ramie--tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax [syn: ramee,China grass,Chinese silk plant].

The ramie was originated from China, called also China grass,it is the earliest one of the fibers which were used in textile in Chinese history. The ramie textile had strong national local conditions and customs, and it also accumulated the abundant ancient Chinese culture.
　Ramie fibre has an ditchshaped shape cavity and multi-holes on its wall, so the ventilative quality is about three times higher than the cotton fibre. At the same time, ramie fibre contains pyrimidine and purine which can bate the golden staphylococcus and coliform. It has functions like anti-decay and anti-bacteria. It is suitable to weave many kinds of health-care products,
it has been regarded as the "King of all natural fibre".
　China has widest ramie planting area, highest output and best quality in the world. The output of ramie accounts for more than 90% of the total output of the world.