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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

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