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That seems pretty far-fetched... (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The cotton plant, hemp and flax do grow fabric for clothes, and willow bark contains the active ingredient of Aspirin.
Flowers (Fabaceae) can even pick up nitrogen from the air and deposit it into the ground where it acts as fertilizer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

There are even a few textile producing trees, like mulberry, that are even better, because it doesn't need to be spun and woven. The raw inner bark can be pounded together to form sheets of barkcloth.