The plant pictured here also produces valuable hand paper making fibre from the inner bark. This is bast fibre. Many plants of the hibiscus and related families play an important role in hand paper making, this includes fibre sources such as rozelle, cotton, beach cottonwood (hibiscus tiliaceous), as well as sources of mucilage (a suspension agent) such as okra and tororo-ai (Abelmoschus manihot).

Most of these plants can have multiple uses either for fibre, food or other products and form a valuable component of permaculture gardening. Also, they all have the trademark hibiscus type flower. For more information on plants suitable for papermaking go to the Botanical Book Project page.