Extracted from: Libyan studies (London) 24, 1993, pages 27-33. Silphium, an extinct plant that once grew in Libya, was the source of power and wealth of the Cyrene colony. A symbol of royalty, a ...
Wood is the primary source of raw material for paper production—whether as fresh fiber or recycled material. The silphium plant, a perennial energy crop, is now also being used as an alternative fiber ...