Gossypium herbaceum

• Botanical Name : Gossypium herbaceum L.
• Common Name : Cotton Plant, Kapas
• Plant Family : Malvaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 4, 15
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Gossypium herbaceum Plant :

• Habit : An annual erect hairy, herb.
• Leaves : Leaves divided to the middle cordate, usually with a gland on the midrib, 3-5-7 lobed, hairy, stipules lanceolate.
• Flowers :
  • Yellow, axillary. Epicalyx ovate, slightly connate below.
  • Calyx truncate, shorter than epicalyx.
  • Corolla yellow with purple base, petals obovate.
  • Stamens many, monadelphous, staminal tube encloses the ovary and the style, anthers one-celled, reniform, pollen yellow.
  • Gynoecium-carpels 3, syncarpous, placentation axile, style long, stigmas 5.
• Fruit : Capsules ovoid-globose. Seeds 6-7, ovoid, comose with white hairs all round.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : February-March
• Significance : Cultivated mainly for cotton from the fruits for making cloths.