Gossypium arboreum L.
| Synonym : | Gossypium albiflorum Tod. Gossypium asiaticum Raf. Gossypium rubrum Forssk. Gossypium roxburghii |
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| Bangla Name : | Karpas,Rui,Tula,Hookbai(Dalu),Chon-na-khel(Garo). |
| English Name : | Tree cotton,Comilla Cotton |
| Family : | Malvaceae |
| Disease : | Irregular menstruation |
| Description : | Subshrubs or shrubs, perennial. Young branchlets villous. Stipules filiform, caducous; petiole puberulent and villous; leaf blade 3-5-lobed. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel villous. Calyx shallowly cup-shaped, nearly truncate. Corolla yellowish, often dark purple in center, campanulate; Staminal column; filaments uniform in length. Capsule 3(or 4 or 5)-loculed, cone-shaped, usually pendulous. Seeds 5-8 per cell, free, ovoid. with white wool and moderately persistent short fuzz. Fl. Jun-Sep. |
| Distribution : | The species occurs in the forests of Chittagong,Chittagong hill tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Alcoholic extract of aerial parts is CNS depressant. |
| Uses : | The plant is used in Irregular menstruation. |
| Habit : | Shrub |