Gossypium punctatum Schumach. & Thonn.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Gossypium punctatum Schumach. & Thonn.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A shrub, or small tree, up to 4 m. high, the young twigs pubescent or glabrate. Leaves ovate-orbicular or suborbieular in outline, cordate or nearly truncate at the base, usually 3-lobed, rarely 5-lobed, or some of them entire, the lobes short, ovate, acuminate, pubescent beneath, at least when young, nearly glabrous above; petals 3-6 cm. long, white or yellowish, sometimes crimsonblotched at the base, fading pink or purplish; capsules 2-2.5 cm. long; cotton firmly attached to the seed.

  • Distribution

    Rum Cay, at Port Nelson : Southern Florida ; Jamaica ; Cuba ; Puerto Rico ; Grenada. Recorded from other West Indian islands. Cultivated in tropical regions of the New World and the Old. Wild Cotton.

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