Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Malvaceae | Genus: Gossypium | Species: Gossypium arboreum Linn. ( कपास ) |
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| 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 tp 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 Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | 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. |
