About Cotton plant
Gossypium arboreum, commonly called tree cotton, is a species of cotton native to India and Sri Lanka. There is evidence of its cultivation as long ago as the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Indus River for the production of cotton textiles. The shrub was included in Linnaeus's Species Plantarum published in 1753. The holotype was also supplied by him, which is now in the Linnean Herbarium in the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gossypium arboreum
- Genus
- Gossypium
- Family
- MALVACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kapas कपास
- Nepali
- रुख कपास Rukh kapas, कपासको बोट
- Bengali
- কার্পাস, কার্পাস তুলা
- Tamil
- பருத்தி parutthi
- Kannada
- ಹತ್ತಿ Hatti, ಪತ್ತಿ Patti, ಪರ್ತಿ Parti
- Marathi
- कापूस Kapoos
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Cotton plant belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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