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Taxon:  Gossypium herbaceum L.



Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Gossypium
Section:
Gossypium
Subsection:
Gossypium
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
17915
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:693. 1753
Verified:
08/10/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (G. Watt) J. B. Hutch. ex S. C. Harland (0 active accession[s])
Gossypium herbaceum L. var. herbaceum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gossypium transvaalense G. Watt
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Arabian cotton –
Levant cotton –
Maltese cotton –
short-staple cotton –
Syrian cotton –
French
cotonnier d'Asie –
cotonnier herbacé –
German
gewöhnliche Baumwolle –
krautiger Baumwollstrauch –
Japanese Rōmaji
shiro-bana-wata –
Portuguese
algodoeiro-asiático –
Spanish
algodonero –
algodonero herbáceo –
Swedish
indisk bomull –
Transcribed Chinese
cao mian –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
2CultivatedAfrica Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina w.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • CHINA: China (w.)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodderseed cakesUphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human foodoil/fatfrom seedsFacciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Materialsfiber Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe 64.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=17915. Accessed 30 April 2025.