Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum is a species of the genus cotton (Gossypium ). It is native to tropical Asia and is cultivated for the production of cotton fibers.

Description

Gossypium herbaceum is an annual or perennial plant, it remains herbaceous or woody can. It reaches a height up to 1.5 m. The shoot axis, petioles, flower stalks and the leaves are hairy. The leaves are usually five-lobed, rarely three to siebenlappig. The leaf lobes are broadly oval and pointed end. The leaves are roundish in outline with a diameter of 2 to 5 cm, according to other sources 5 to 10 cm, the leaf base is cordate. The petiole is 2 to 3.5 cm, ( to 8 cm ) long. The petiole and both leaf pages are hairy, especially the leaf veins on the underside of leaves. The stipules are narrow, 0.5 to 1.2 cm long, they fall off soon.

The flowers appear singly in the leaf axils. The flower stems are 0.7 to 2 inches long and hairy. The outer calyx consists of three fused together at the base of bracts. They are wider than long, to 3 cm long, sparsely hairy on the veins, in front with six to eight teeth, heart-shaped at the base. The bowl-shaped calyx is five-lobed or cut straight. The petals are yellow at the base, each with a reddish stain. You are inversely ovoid and measure 2.5 to 3.5 cm in length for 3 to 4 cm in width. The Columna is 1 cm long. The capsule fruit is three-to five-piece, oval or oblong, beaked front. It is up to 2.5 to 3 cm in size. The oval seeds are 0.6 to 0.9 cm in size. They are surrounded by long white fibers and short, relatively firmly adhering fibers.

Dissemination

Gossypium herbaceum native to southwest Asia. It is cultivated in tropical Asia.

Use

Gossypium herbaceum is a supplier of cotton fibers.