Malvaceae
Cotton
Gossypium arboreum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Gossypium
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- قطن شجري
- arz
- قطن شجرى
- Bangla
- কার্পাস, কার্পাস তুলা
- Catalan
- Cotoner arbori
- Chinese
- 亚洲树棉, 中棉, 大头茶, 木本鸡脚棉, 树棉, 棉花, 棉花壳, 棉花子
- Danish
- Træagtig Bomuld, Bomuld
- English
- Cotton, Tree cotton
- French
- Cotonnier en arbre
- Japanese
- キダチワタ
- lah
- پنجابی کپآ
- Nepali
- कपासको बोट
- Persian
- پنبه درختی
- Polish
- Bawełna afrykańska, Bawełna drzewiasta
- Slovenian
- Drevesni bombaževec
- Uzbek
- Hindixitoy gʻoʻzasi
Synonyms
- Gossypium albiflorum Tod.
- Gossypium anomalum G.Watt
- Gossypium arboreum f. albiflorum (Tod.) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum f. neglectum (Tod.) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum f. rubrum (Forssk.) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum f. vaupellii (J.Graham) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum subsp. sanguineum (Hassk.) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum var. arboreum
- Gossypium arboreum var. cernuum (Tod.) Hutch. & Ghosh
- Gossypium arboreum var. indicum (Lam.) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum var. nangking (Meyen) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum var. obtusifolium (Roxb. ex G.Don) Roberty
- Gossypium arboreum var. paradoxum Prokh.
- Gossypium arboreum var. wightianum (G.Watt) M.R.Almeida
- Gossypium asiaticum Raf.
- Gossypium bani (G.Watt) Prokh.
- Gossypium cernuum Tod.
- Gossypium comesii Sprenger
- Gossypium figarei Tod.
- Gossypium glabratum Tod.
- Gossypium gracile Salisb.
- Gossypium herbaceum var. obtusifolium (Roxb.) Mast.
- Gossypium herbaceum var. wightianum (Tod.) T.Cooke
- Gossypium indicum Lam.
- Gossypium intermedium Tod.
- Gossypium macranthum Tod.
- Gossypium nanking Meyen
- Gossypium nanking f. rubicundum (Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.) Roberty
- Gossypium nanking var. bani G.Watt
- Gossypium nanking var. soudanense G.Watt
- Gossypium neglectum Tod.
- Gossypium obtusifolium Roxb. ex G.Don
- Gossypium obtusifolium Roxb.
- Gossypium obtusifolium var. wightiana G.Watt
- Gossypium perennans Delile ex Roberty
- Gossypium puniceum Fenzl
- Gossypium roseum Tod.
- Gossypium roseum var. albiflorum Tod.
- Gossypium roxburghii Tod.
- Gossypium royleanum Tod.
and 14 more.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.