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Published In: The Flora of British India 1: 346. (Fl. Brit. India) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Type: Lectotype: Gossypium obtusifolium Stocks, Sind, Stocks 469 (K!).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Sind) South-east Arabia and Somaliland.
Map Location: G-4 Karachi Dist.: University Campus, Karachi, flowers yellow, 30 cm tall, S. Abedin 506, 1407, 4206 (KUH); Malir Cant., S.M.H. Jafri 2454 (KUH); Drigh Road, S.M.H. Jafri 2496 (KUH); University Campus, G.N. Nuzhat 129 (E); Khadiji, c. 46 km ENE of Karachi, rocks at the side of the lower. J. Lamond 751 (E), University Campus, 2-11-1960 S.A. Rizvi s.n. (KUH); ibid, 28-2-1961 S.A. Khairi s.n. (KUH); ibid, 23-10-1962, Shahida Bilgrami s.n. (KUH); ibid, 21-1-1963 Farida Ayoob s.n. (KUH); ibid, 6-2-1964 Y. Ahmad s.n. (KUH); 4-10-1967 Khush Gul s.n. (KUH); ibid, 20-5-1969 Z.A. Butt s.n. (KUH); ibid, K. Burney 42 (KUH); 8 miles from Paradise Point on way to Cape Monze S. Abedin 3423 (KUH); Dadu Dist.: 25 miles before Thana Bula Khan, dry calcarious rocks. S.I. Ali & S.A. Faruqi 1552 (KUH).

 

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Shrubby, profusely branched. Branches green to purple, straggling sometimes climbing, black dotted, stellate pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves 1-3 cm long, 1.5-5 cm broad, cordate at base, dotted and stellate pubescent on both sides, glabrescent, 5-7-nerved, basally middle nerve beneath with or without nectary, 3-5 lobed; lobes roundish, entire, mucronate or obtuse, sinuses narrow; stipules linear-lanceolate to ovate, 3-7 mm long, entire or serrate; petiole 1-3 cm long, stellate tomentose, black dotted. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel up to 5 mm long, in fruit up to 1 cm long, stellate tomentose, black dotted. Epicalyx segments 3, foliaceous 1-2.5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm broad, truncate or rounded at base, broadly ovate, laciniate, segments 8-12, linear-lanceolate, many nerved, black dotted and pubescent on both sides. Calyx 6-8 mm long, cupular, 5-dentate. Corolla 1.5-2 cm across, yellow with purple base, stellate pubescent, glabrescent; petals 2-3 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, obovate. Staminal tube ± 1 cm long, antheriferous throughout; anthers reniform. Capsule ovoid to sub-globose or oblong 1-2 cm long, ± 1 cm across, glabrous, black dotted, beaked, 3-5 celled. Seeds usually 2 in each cell, wedge-shaped, silky, hairs yellowish or brownish, never linted.
 
 
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