When mature the abaca plant, which grows to a height of from 10 to 30 ft, is felled and the fibre from the leaf sheaths is stripped off.
Xa sisityalo i-abaca sele sifuthiwe, esikhula sibe nobude obuzinyawo ezili-10 ukuya kuma-30, zigcwala iintsinga emagqabini aso.