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Family: Malvaceae	Genus: Gossypium	Species: Gossypium arboreum Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Gossypium albiflorum Tod., Gossypium asiaticum Raf.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Kapas	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Cotton	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Kapas	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 1000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Capsule, ovoid or oblong, beaked, glabrous, pitted, 3-4-celled. Seeds with long white cotton, globular
Habitat	Cultivated all over India as a fiber plant.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native to Northwest India and Pakistan.	Bark Details	Greenish purple in colour and pubescent
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Palmate
Description of Species	Shrub up to 2 m tall. Branches purple, pubescent. Leaves green, stipules linear to lanceolate or falcate; blade ovate to orbicular in outline, midrib or sometimes the adjacent nerves with a gland beneath, stellate and simple hairy, glabrescent, 5-7-parted; lobes linear to lanceolate, often with an entire tooth in the sinus. Flowers short pedicelled. Epicalyx segments large ovate, subentire or toothed, cordate at base, acute at apex. Calyx small, cupular, somewhat 5-dentate. Corolla pale yellow with or without purple centre, and sometimes entirely purple. Staminal tube antheriferous. Fruit a capsule ovoid or oblong, beaked, glabrous, pitted, 3-4-celled. Seeds with long white cotton, globular.	Leaf Details	Leaves green, stipules linear to lanceolate or falcate; blade ovate to orbicular in outline, midrib or sometimes the adjacent nerves with a gland beneath, stellate and simple hairy, glabrescent, 5-7-parted; lobes linear to lanceolate, often with an entire tooth in the sinus.

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