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Gossypium barbadense
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Gossypium barbadense L., Sp. Pl. 693. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 102(73). 1915; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 388. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 29. 1996; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 408. 2005.
Hibiscus barbadensis (L.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 67. 1891.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panjhi, Paruthi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cotton
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Description:
Erect shrubs, 3-4 m high; stems sparsely stellate-pubescent or glabrate, gland-dotted. Leaves alternate, ovate-orbicular, 7-18 cm long, cordate at base, 3-7 lobed; lobes ovate-lanceolate, entire at margin, glabrous with a single elliptic nectary on midnerve beneath; petioles 10-20 cm long, glabrescent, gland-dotted; stipules falcate or lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm long, slightly auricled at base and glabrous. Flower axillary, solitary; pedicel ca 2 cm long, with nectaries just below epicalyx. Epicalyx lobes 3, ovate, cordate at base, 4-6 cm long, laciniate at margin, gland-dotted, accrescent. Calyx cupular, truncate at apex, gland-dotted. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow; petals obovate, glabrous. Staminal column ca 2.5 mm long, glabrous, antheriferous above. Ovary ovoid, ca 8 mm long, gland-dotted, glabrous, 3-loculed; styles ca 2.5 cm long, glabrous; stigmas linear, decurrent. Capsules elongate, 3-6 cm long, glabrous; seeds subglobose, ca 7 mm across with white cotton.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of South America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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