sisalplant (English: “sisal (Agave species)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Agave fiber plant grown at the Lho’ Soekon vezel-onderneming.
Translation
sisal (Agave species)
Description
Agave fiber plant grown at the Lho’ Soekon vezel-onderneming. Thick fleshy leaves harvested when sufficiently long. Seeds germinate on the bloom stalk before dropping, so plant material can be gathered around the mother plant.
Significance
The term sisalplant is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 205.