 Gapas (Bis.)
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Gossypium herbaceum |
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- Authors:
- Mansueto, Josel B, Sia,Isidro C, de la Pena, Mario
- Title:
- Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health - FOLK HEALING PRACTICES of SIQUIJOR ISLAND
- Source:
- Keywords:
- Family:
- Malvaceae
- Field #:
- Herbarium #:
- Geographic area:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio
- Habitat:
- Backyard
- Latitude /longitude:
- Altitude:
- 316 m
- Habit:
- An erect shrubby, much-branched plant
- Height:
- Grows to about 2-3 meters high.
- Roots:
- Stem:
- Leaves:
- Leaves are simple, alternate, circular or round shape and palmately veined.
- Inflouresence & flowers:
- Fruits:
- Seeds:
- The pod contains seeds covered with fine hairs that are the fibre source.
- Additional info:
- The pods are harvested, and the cotton wool is processed for many purposes.
- Collected by:
- Date collected:
- Identified_by:
- Date identified:
- Specimen kept at:
- Abstracted by:
- Ando, JKA
- Date abstracted:
- 08/03/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor