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Scientific name

Gossypium hirsutum Lam.

Family

Malvaceae

Japanese

ワタ

English

Tree Cotton

General information

flowering period

Monthly blossoming season, distribution

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Stems

Main Stems Erect and Little Branching

Leaves

Alternate, Have Long Petioles and Divided 3-5 Folioate, Apex Of Lobes Acute, Stipules Triangular Lanceolate, Have Hairs

Inflorescences

Axillary and Solitary

Habit

Clay Loam

Distribution

Central and South Area

English common name

Tree Cotton

Life cycle

Annual

Flowering

Aug.-Sep.

Height

60 cm

Flower color

Light Yellow Background and Base Dark Red

Fruit

Capsule, Surrounded Bract, Ovate Rounded, Divided 3 Parts When Ripen, Have White Cotton

Use

Industrial Plant, Oil Plant, Medicine(Hematemesis, Discharge Blood, Hernia Etc.)

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Specimen Information More Specimen Information

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  [ENHA200508181048]

  1963-08-03 / / 이화여대 자연사박물관

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  [ENHA200508181049]

  1962-09-29 / / 이화여대 자연사박물관

Related species

• 곤충

  목화명나방 - Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)

  

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  목화수염진딧물 - Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) gossypii Mordvilko, 1914