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Wercklea ferox
Wercklea ferox is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru, where it occurs in a very large area of 30000 km2 or more, where it grows in generally humid areas in open forests, along roadsides or rivers at altitudes of 0–2000 m above sea level.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant, but it is rare in cultivation. Wercklea ferox can be used for its jute like fibres. The strong, flexible fibres are more durable than jute.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wercklea ferox by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
