Question

Name the plant used to make bristles of brushes.

Answer 1

Coconut:

1. The plant is a coconut plant from where the bristles of brushes are made.
2. Coconut is used to make ropes, rugs, and textiles like cotton, jute, and hemp, as well as toothbrush bristles.
3. The mesocarp is where the coconut's fiber is found.
4. The fibers have high tensile strength, are robust, flexible, and resistant to thermal conductivity.
5. Thus, they are employed to produce bristles.
6. The bristles are made of bamboo fibers in addition to coconut fibers.