| Dicotyledon | Literature for Gossypium tomentosum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Malvaceae -- The Cacao, Linden, Mallow Family | Bibliography |
| Gossypium tomentosum | |
Common name(s): cotton, Hawaiian cotton, huluhulu, ma`o |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe. | |
| Habit |
Shrubs 0.5-1.5 m tall, softly white tomentose. |
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| Leaves |
Leaf blades wider than long, usually 3-10(-12) cm wide, 3-lobed or sometimes 5-lobed to about the middle, the lobes ovate, acute or subacuminate, midvein on lower surface with basal gland absent or obscure, stipules subulate, 0.5-0.8 cm long, caducous. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers solitary or few in short cymes, pedicel nectaries absent; involucral bracts ovate, 15-25 mm long, dentate, with 5-9(-12) acute teeth; calyx erosely truncate, 7-9 mm long; petals bright yellow, without a maroon spot, fading greenish, 2-3.5(-4) cm long. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules 3-celled, coriaceous to woody, ovoid, cuspidate, 1.2-1.8 cm long, black-pitted. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds 2-4 per cell, ca. 5 mm long, densely covered with reddish brown lint. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 52* |
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