hangman's rope
hangman's halter
halter hemp
hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
| Indian hemp rheumatism weed Apocynum cannabinum | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans, used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints |
hemp agrimony
Eupatorium cannabinum | coarse European herb with palmately divided leaves and clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads |
climbing hempweed
climbing boneset
wild climbing hempweed
climbing hemp-vine
Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers, climbs up trees |
kenaf
kanaf
deccan hemp
bimli
bimli hemp
Indian hemp Bombay hemp
Hibiscus cannabinus | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation |
| kenaf deccan hemp | fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus |
Queensland hemp
jellyleaf
Sida rhombifolia | herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute, sometimes an aggressive weed |
| African hemp Sparmannia africana | large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers |
abaca
Manila hemp
Musa textilis | Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc |
false nettle
bog hemp | any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs |
Cannabidaceae
family Cannabidaceae
hemp family | two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus, term not used in all classifications, in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae |
cannabis
hemp | any plant of the genus Cannabis, a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers, yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs |
| Indian hemp Cannabis indica | source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber |
sansevieria
bowstring hemp | grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber |
African bowstring hemp
African hemp Sansevieria guineensis | bowstring hemp of South Africa |
Ceylon bowstring hemp
Sansevieria zeylanica | plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green |
| bowstring hemp | strong fiber that resembles hemp, obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage |
Colorado River hemp
Sesbania exaltata | tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure, yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage |
common osier
hemp willow
velvet osier
Salix viminalis | willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry |
hemp nettle
dead nettle Galeopsis tetrahit | coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle, common as a weed in United States |
| bowstring hemp | hemp obtained from the sansevieria |
| hemp | a plant fiber |
Manila hemp
Manilla hemp
abaca | a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines |
sisal
sisal hemp | a plant fiber used for making rope |