Steinmetz:Gossypium

Gossypium herbaceum (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Gossypium herbaceum (and other species) Family Malvaceae English Names Cotton plant Natural Habitat North America Egypt North- and West Africa and other tropical countries Mexico China Part(s) Used Cortex radicis Gossypii Gossypium depuratum (cottonwool) Oleum Gossypii (from the seed)

Constituent(s) root: chromogene fixed oil starch resin tannin glucose; oil: olein green colouring matter; rootbark: resin tannin Action root rootbark: emmenagogue parturient oxytocic galactagogue used as a substitute for Secale Cornuturn; seed; aphrodisiac mucilaginous nutritive; flower: considered a good cure for hypochondriasis; oil: lubricant liniment used for obtaining vitamin E and as a substitute for Sesam oil. - The shrub is cultivated for cotton in many countries