Tussar silk

Tussar silk (alternatively spelled as tussah, tushar, tassar,^[1] tussore, tasar, tussur, or tusser, and also known as (Sanskrit) kosa silk) is produced from larvae of several species of silkworms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea, including A. assamensis, A. paphia, A. pernyi, A. roylei, and A. yamamai. These silkworms live in the wild forests in trees belonging to Terminalia species and Shorea robusta, as well as other food plants such as jamun and oak found in South Asia, eating the leaves of the trees on which they live.^[2]^[3] Tussar silk is valued for its rich texture and natural, deep-gold colour, and varieties are produced in many countries, including China,^[4] India, Japan, and Sri Lanka.^[5]

^ Pandey, Dr.S.N. (1 September 2010). West Bengal General Knowledge Digest. Upkar Prakashan. p. 28. ISBN 9788174822826. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.
^ "Tussar Silk". Copper wiki. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ "Learning Centre". Brass Tacks, Madras. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ Su Jing, Lun Luo, Landlord and Labor in Late Imperial China: Case Studies from Shandong, Harvard University Asia Center, 1978 ISBN 0-674-50866-1
^ Eliza Thompson, Silk, Read Books, 2010 ISBN 1-4086-9508-1

[1] Pandey, Dr.S.N. (1 September 2010). West Bengal General Knowledge Digest. Upkar Prakashan. p. 28. ISBN 9788174822826. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.

[copperwiki-2] "Tussar Silk". Copper wiki. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[brass-3] "Learning Centre". Brass Tacks, Madras. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[Jing-4] Su Jing, Lun Luo, Landlord and Labor in Late Imperial China: Case Studies from Shandong, Harvard University Asia Center, 1978 ISBN 0-674-50866-1

[5] Eliza Thompson, Silk, Read Books, 2010 ISBN 1-4086-9508-1

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