Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Gossypium barbadense

Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Oil

A shrub which keeps growing from year to year. Often it is grown as an annual. It is 1-3 m high. The stems are purplish. The leaves have 3-5 lobes. The flowers are at the ends of branches. They are yellow but change to reddish purple. They are surrounded by a bract which has 3 toothed lobes. The seeds are small and oval. The seeds have large amounts of lint.

A tropical and subtropical plant. In China it is grown in frost free areas below 800 m altitude. It suits seasonally moist and dry climates. It suits hardiness zones 10-12. In Yunnan.

Common Names: Sea Island Cotton, Egyptian cotton, Brazilian cotton, Algodon, Fai-tet, Hai dao mian, Hasy, Kidney cotton, Nu-wah, Peruvain cotton, Pima cotton, Te baubau

Synonyms: 

Gossypium peruvianum Cav.;
Gossypium vitifolium Lam.;
Gossypium brasiliense Mac.;
Gossypium microcarpum Tod.;
Gossypium maritinum Tod.;