Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Gossypium hirsutum
Scientific Name and Description
Gossypium hirsutum L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | american upland cotton, common cotton, cotton, upland cotton, wild cotton |
| Hindi | kapas, |
| Kannada | american hatthi, apland hatthi, dodda hatthi |
| Sanskrit | karpasa |
| Tamil | ilatan parutti, mayilanparutti, paruthi |
| Common Names | Upland cotton, Mexican cotton |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Western
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Gossypium hirsutum L. Perennial shrub Leaves - General Xavier et al. 2014
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Xavier et al. 2014
DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Gossypium hirsutum. (2023, August 13). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossypium_hirsutum