Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum L.
Engl.: cotton, absorbent cotton, Arabian cotton, levant cotton, Levant cotton, short-staple cotton, Syrian cotton.
Deu.: Baumwolle, Krautiger Baumwollstrauch.
Fran.: cotonnier d'Asie, cotonnier herbacé.
Sven.: indisk bomull.
Suom.: intianpuuvilla.
Span.: algodon, algodonero, algodonero herbáceo.
Pharm.: colloxylin, lana collodii, lana gossypii, lanugo gossypii, oil of cotton, oleum gossypii, pili gossypii, pyroxylinum.
Bot. syn.: Gossypium obtusifolium Roxb.

Photo: Gossypium 09.

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Gossypium species
Photo: Gossypium 9.

Seedpod, about to split open. (Possibly G. arboreum.) Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.

Photo: Gossypium 08.

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Gossypium species
Photo: Gossypium 8.

Seedpod, split open to reveal the cotton wool. (Possibly G. arboreum.) Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.

Photo: Gossypium 07.

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Gossypium species
Photo: Gossypium 7.

Seedpod, split open to reveal the cotton wool. (Possibly G. arboreum.) Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.

Varieties.

Botanical name: 
Gossypium herbaceum
Aconitum napellus
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Mixtures

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871. Crystallized Aconitine, Portable Mixtures, Approximate Measurement, Glycerized Cotton.

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