Only picture I have available. A relative took this picture and told me it was a tree, but I had no idea cotton was a tree. When searched on google, I only found pictures of the cotton plant or trees that didn't resemble cotton.
It has been replaced in the market by new world cottons.
guitaristcj
The cottony fruits remind me of kapok/silk floss tree, but the leaf shape is wrong for both.
ActiveMidnight6979
Cotton trees( *Gossypium arboreum)*, I have seen them wild in south India. They are another species of cotton which is naturally a perennial and grows taller than the shorter annual varieties , which have been bred to stay small for easier harvesting.
pillbug0907
Fun fact, cotton is one of the most heavily sprayed (growth regulator, pesticides, defoliant) crops in the US. If you do not spray grow regulator on your cotton crop it can easily go from knee high to over 10ft tall. I’ve walked test crops for a chemical company that had to have controlled trials and it was regularly above my head
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Tree cotton, *Gossypium arboreum.*
This cotton was domesticated in India long ago.
It has been replaced in the market by new world cottons.
The cottony fruits remind me of kapok/silk floss tree, but the leaf shape is wrong for both.
Cotton trees( *Gossypium arboreum)*, I have seen them wild in south India. They are another species of cotton which is naturally a perennial and grows taller than the shorter annual varieties , which have been bred to stay small for easier harvesting.
Fun fact, cotton is one of the most heavily sprayed (growth regulator, pesticides, defoliant) crops in the US. If you do not spray grow regulator on your cotton crop it can easily go from knee high to over 10ft tall. I’ve walked test crops for a chemical company that had to have controlled trials and it was regularly above my head