Products made from pineapple leaves / Muhammad Mifzal Nazrujehan, Muhammad Hafiz Ikhwan Samsudin and Shafizan Mohd Nasir

Our innovation is based on pineapple leaves that have made thread that can provide various benefits. Pineapple thread is a thread produced from pineapple leaves (Ananas comosus) which is a type of plant that produces pineapple fruit. Pineapple trees have very short shoots and have around 25-30 leaves per tree with a length between 0.9 - 1.5m. Usually pineapple leaves are harvested after the fruits are harvested around 16-24 months after planting. When processed, pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) will result from the processing of pineapple leaves. Pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) is formed from multi-cellular material and lignocellulose extracted from the leaves of the plant. From the study found that the main chemical composition found in pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) is cellulose (70-82%), lignan (5-12%) and ash (1.1%). In fact, pineapple fiber thread has a variety of uses in producing high-quality textiles, including making clothes, and is even suitable for weaving or songket embroidery instead of gold thread. The quality of this pineapple fiber yarn is very high and it is able to provide profitable results if produced in large quantities. Among the products that can be produced from pineapple yarn are clothes, crafts and pineapple paper. From the study shows where the durability of pineapple leaf thread is more durable and a little rough compared to other threads on the market. Now some young entrepreneurs are being guided by the LPNM for the development of pineapple yarn as one of the valuable products apart from fresh pineapple pulp, pineapple seeds, processed pineapple products and so on.