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Jute is one of the most affordable eco-friendly natural fibers, produced from plants in the genus Corchorus. The most familiar two types are Corchorus capsularis L. and Corchorus olitorius L. The long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that is extracted from the bast fiber plant can be spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute is the name of the plant or fiber that is used to make gunny cloth, hessian, burlap etc. The plant materials of jute fibers are composed primarily of cellulose and lignin.