Gossypium hirsutum L.

 
  • Family : MALVACEAE
    (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gossypium barbadense var. hirsutum (L.) Hook.f. & Benth.; Gossypium herbaceum var. hirsutum (L.) Mast.; Xylon hirsutum (L.) Medik.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gossypium hirsutum L.
  • Common name : American Cotton, Bourbon Cotton, Upland Cotton
  • Vernacular name :
    • Paruthi (Tamil)
    • Kapus (Marathi)
    • Karpasii, Paruthi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated; often self-sown
  • Flower, Fruit : September-March
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Pune district, Osmanabad district, Aurangabad district, Thane district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Samoa, Society Islands, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Tuam
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Introduced to most tropical countries
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gossypium hirsutum. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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