Botanical name : Gossypium arboreum
Family : Malvaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Raktakarpasa
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta
Guna : Lakhu.
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Tree cotton, Indian cotton
Hindi : Kapas
Malayalam : Chemparutti, Chedipparutti
Distribution – Cultivated throughout India
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Tree cotton is a shrub attaining heights of 1 to 2 metres. Its branches are covered with pubescence and are purple in colour. Stipules are present at the leaf base and they are linear to lanceolate in shape and sometimes falcate The leaves are attached to the stem by a 1.5 to 10 cm petiole. The blades are ovate to orbicular in shape and have 5 to 7 lobes. The flowers are set on short pedicels The fruit is a 3 to 4 celled capsule measuring 1.5 to 2.5 cm across. It is ovoid or oblong in shape and glabrous The surface is pitted and a beak is present at the termnial end. The seeds within are globular and are covered in long white cotton.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, arthritis, diarrhea, dysentery, skin diseases, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, flatulence, fever, burning sensation of the stomach, rheumatoid arthritis, liver disease, sexual weakness, and increases breast milk secretion.
Useful part : Roots, leaves, flowers, seeds.
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