Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Gossypium herbaceum
Scientific Name and Description
Gossypium herbaceum L
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Gossypium indicum Lam.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | kapas, kapas-ka-per, kupas, rui, ruji, Kapas, Desi Kapas |
| Kannada | ambara, ambdari, anjeeda, arale, aralegida, arali, badari, deshihatthi dudi, dudi, hatthi, hatti, janivara-hatti-mara, kaarapaana, kariarale, karihariyale, karihariyele, karpaasa, karpasa, kempuhatthi, kumpta hatthi, kumtaahatthi, naaduhatthi, parti, tula |
| Malayalam | badara, karppas, karppasi, karuparutti, kuruparatti, kurupparatti, kurupparutti, nulpparutti, pangni, panni, pannipparutti, paritti, parutti, picu, pishu, tulam, tundiker |
| Marathi | kaapasee, kaapasheena, kaapoos, rui, Shendri |
| Sanskrit | anagnika, badara, chavya, chhadana, guda, kalakanta, kapasi-mul-twak, karpas, karpasa, karpasah, karpasaha, karpasasarini, karpasi, maghani, marudbhava, patada, patahena, pichu, samudranta, sutrapushpa, tula, tundakerika, tundikeri, vadara, Karpasa |
| Tamil | accatanapalai, accatanapalai, accatanapalam, anantar, anantarceti, ankanitampuntu, apocam, camuttirantakam, camuttirantakkaccetti, catanam, catanapalam, caturmuli, cittirattantakam, iladambarutti, kankanatam, kannu, kannucceti, kantotakam, kantotakapparutti, karapacam, karbasam, karpacam, karpaciyam, karpasam, karppasam, karppati, karppikam, kecarai, kecaraicceti, kilimukku, kirantiviranapakam, kirumi ara, kottireyacceti, kottireyam, kuppaipparutti, kurantanaci, kurantanacicceti, kurantanacini, kuttalakacceti, kuttalakam, manocilaiyaimelukakki, matakantam, mattika, mattikamaram, mocaparani, mocaparanicceti, nakkinam2, nakkinikam, nanni, nannicceti, natan parutti, natanparutti, nattuppancu, nattupparutti, panci1, pancuceti, pancumuli, panji, panju, pannal, pannal, pannal, pannam , pannamacalam, paratie vayr, pari, pari, paripinnal, paritticceti, paruthi, parutti, parutti pattiri, paruttita, paruttitacceti, patai , picaviyacceti, picavviyam, picu, picunam, picutalam, picutulacceti, picutulam, samuttrandam, taiparutti, talipparutti, tokkulam, tulakam, tulam, tulam, tulavam, tulavam, tunkeri, tuntakeri, uppamparutti, uttari, uttiri, uttiricceti, vamani, vamanniyam, vamparattai, vasti, vatamalikaimuli, vattarotayapputu, venparutti, Mappal |
| Telugu | badari, badarika, edudi, kaarpasamu, karpasamu, paratthi, paththi, pati, patthi, patti, peculamu, picuvu, pinja, pishulamu, pishuvu, prathi, pratti, puttie,Pedda Tutturu |
| Tibetan | kar-pas |
| Urdu | rui |
| Common name | Levant cotton, Indian cotton plant, |
| kannada | Bennu Honnu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Gossypium herbaceum L. Perennial shrub Root, seed Contraceptive; oral health care General Hebbar et al. 2004
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Hebbar et al. 2004
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Gossypium herbaceum. (2024, June 14). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossypium_herbaceum