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Flora
Entry for GOSSYPIUM hirsutum L. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
GOSSYPIUM hirsutumL. [family MALVACEAE], (1763).
Information
Shrub up to 3 m tall. Leaves entire to shallowly 3–5-lobed, the middle lobe about as long as wide, usually broadest at the base. Calyx-tube c. 6 mm long, usually with distinct teeth. Corolla usually shorter than epicalyx. Seeds with fuzz all over, easily separated from the lint.
Range
Reported as cultivated in N1 and/or N2 in Cuf. Enum.: 574 (1959), but no specimens seen originally from America, now widely cultivated in all tropics and subtropics.
