Photos of the fibre-plant itobasho

These photos are taken by Katrien Hendrickx in June and September 2021.

Management of a fibre plant (Ryukyu itobasho) field (Location: Nanjo city, Okinawa prefecture, Japan).

Fibre plants were transplanted from another field around 2007 to create a new field and then - due to unforseen circomstances - left unmanaged for more than 10 years.

From 2020, management was restarted to be able extract fibre from the plants.

Photos taken by Katrien Hendrickx from May 2021 (Location: Nanjo city, Okinawa prefecture, Japan).

This album shows photographs of both buds grown out seeds of fruit of itobasho and young plants grown out of the root of a parent plant.

Photos taken by Katrien Hendrickx in 2003 and 2004 (Location: Okinawa Main Island and Amami Oshima, Japan)

Planting of itobasho fruit seeds received in Kijoka and young plants received in Amami Oshima and Nanjo City (Okinawa Main Island).