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	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenaf - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenaf Information from Wikipedia on Hibiscus cannibinus and the fiber obtained from it.
	Alternative Field Crops Manual: Kenaf - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/kenaf.html History of kenaf, its uses, growth habits, environmental requirements, cultural practices and the economics of the crop.
	Hibiscus cannabinus - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Hibiscus_cannabinus_nex.html Index of articles about kenaf and its cultivation.
	About the Kenaf Plant - http://www.visionpaper.com/kenaf2.html A good description of kenaf with graphics.
	Hibiscus cannabinus L. - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Hibiscus_cannabinus.html Section from the 1983 Handbook of Energy Crops covers the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, description, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields and economics, and other aspects of kenaf and its production. Includes references.

	New Uses for Kenaf - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug00/kenaf0800.htm Information on research into uses for the residues from this crop after the fiber has been extracted for paper manufacture.
	Kenaf: An Emerging New Crop Industry - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-402.html Information on kenaf history, cultivations, resources This report describes an on-going adventure with a new crop called kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L, a new annual fiber crop with a range of product applications.
	Kenaf Production - http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/question.php/2008/05/05/p5501 Introduction to kenaf and its uses, with a bibliography of available kenaf publications.
	http://www.ienica.net/crops/kenaf.pdf - http://www.ienica.net/crops/kenaf.pdf Provides information on this crop, its quality characteristics, production and yield, constraints on production, markets, market potential and research.
	Kenaf Paper: An Ecological Alternative - http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/kenafx.htm written by the Forest Friendly Paper Campaign, this site discusses on how kenaf is identified as the best non-wood paper alternative.

	A Summary of Kenaf Production and Product Development Research 1989-1993 - http://msucares.com/pubs/Variety/Kenaf/index.htm This publication serves as a summary of this research of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at Mississippi State University and several of its outlying branch stations. The topics discussed range from agronomic research to various aspects of product development. Has links to most of the research of the pioneering Mississippi State University publications.
	Kenaf: Taking Root? - http://www.naa.org/technews/tn950910/p18kenaf.html Article by Brooke Wurst on the history of the use of this crop by the newsprint industry.
	Kenaf: A Non-food Multi-purpose Crop for Southern Europe - http://ienica.csl.gov.uk/italyseminar/fibres/alexopoulou.pdf Information on a project to evaluate the potential of this crop for the production of industrial materials and bio-fuels in Europe.

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