Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum

Family - Malvaceae

Common name - Levant cotton

☘️When ripe and in warm weather, the flower capsule will burst & expose the cotton surrounding the seeds firmly.

🌸Externally, the leaves are used to treat thrush, scalds, bruises and sores

🌸The cotton fibres consist of nearly pure cellulose.

🌸The oil obtained from the seed used in salads and cooking oil.

Place - Cuttack, Odisha

Reference 

Sugimani Marndi

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha