Botanical name of Mexican cotton is __________

🔑 Key Points
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🌿 Common Name: Mexican Cotton
🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium hirsutum
🌿 Common Name: Algodonero de las Barbados
🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium barbadense
🌿 Common Name: Levant Cotton
🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium herbaceum
🌿 Common Name: Asian Cotton
🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium arboreum

📌 Important Points
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🔹 Botanical name: Gossypium herbaceum
🔹 Family: Malvaceae
🔹 Chromosome Number: 2n = 2x = 26
🔹 Important varieties: DHY 286, Purnima, AKH 081, and Rajat.
🔹 It is the king of fibers, usually referred to as white gold.
🔹 It is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a ball, or protective capsule, around the seed.
🔹 The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, and India.
🔹 Cotton was independently domesticated in the old and new worlds.
🔹 It is known as the King of fibers.
🔹 Cotton is white gold, one of the most important commercial crops in the world.
🔹 Cotton is derived from the Arabic word "qutun".
🔹 Cotton remains the backbone of the Indian rural economy, especially in dryland areas.