Gossypii Radicis Cortex (U. S. P.)—Cotton Root Bark.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Gossypium herbaceum L.
Engl.: cotton, absorbent cotton, Arabian cotton, levant cotton, Levant cotton, short-staple cotton, Syrian cotton.
Deu.: Baumwolle, Krautiger Baumwollstrauch.
Fran.: cotonnier d'Asie, cotonnier herbacé.
Sven.: indisk bomull.
Suom.: intianpuuvilla.
Span.: algodon, algodonero, algodonero herbáceo.
Pharm.: colloxylin, lana collodii, lana gossypii, lanugo gossypii, oil of cotton, oleum gossypii, pili gossypii, pyroxylinum.
Bot. syn.: Gossypium obtusifolium Roxb.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1895.
Seedpod, about to split open. (Possibly G. arboreum.) Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Seedpod, split open to reveal the cotton wool. (Possibly G. arboreum.) Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Seedpod, split open to reveal the cotton wool. (Possibly G. arboreum.) Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Scudder 1870.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Petersen 1905.
Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1885.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1885.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871. Crystallized Aconitine, Portable Mixtures, Approximate Measurement, Glycerized Cotton.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871. Gun cotton.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
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