| Latin name | Gossypium arboreum L. | | Family | Malvaceae | | Identified with (Lat) | Gossypium indicum Lam., Gossypium sanguineum Hassk., Gossypium intermedium Tod. | | Identified with (Skt) | rakṣatikā | | Identified with (Hin) | kapās, diyokapās | | Identified with (Tam) | cemparutti | | Identified with (Mal) | muṛipparutti, cemparutti, kāṭṭuparutti | | Identified with (Eng) | Tree cotton | | Botanical info | A perennial shrub or small tree, growing throughout India, leaves alternate, broad, ovate-cordate, flowers purple, fruits capsules, seeds with greenish coloured fuzz | | Search occurrence | rakṣatikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Gossypium arboreum L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1593)
cemparutti: 1. A kind of superior cotton used in making sacred thread; 2. Brazil cotton, s. tr., Gossypium arboreum
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