1. Esparto leaves are used in the manufacture of paper.

2. Esparto: Long - fibred grass, grown in North Africa and Spain, used in pulp for paper - making.

3. Other material such as cotton, linen, straw, bamboo, esparto grass and hemp also produce suitable fiber.

4. At the time of independence, Libya was one of the poorest nations on earth; its main exports were scrap metal from the war and esparto grass.

5. In plants, a long thread - like structure of cellulose, such as cotton, esparto, wood, etc.

6. Once picked these bunches of grapes are sun dried on esparto grass mats for further concentration.