Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gossypium hirsutum L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Gossypium hirsutum var. hirsutum

Gossypium hirsutum var. taitense (Parl.) Roberty

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
algodon	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
algodón	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
algodón, aceite	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
algodón, aceite refinado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
american hatthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
american upland cotton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
apland hatthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common cotton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cotton	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cotton tree	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
cottonseed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
cottonseed oil (unhydrogenated)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
cottonseed oil, hydrogenated	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
dodda hatthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gossypii oleum hydrogenatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
hydrogenated cottonseed oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
ilatan parutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapas	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayilanparutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paruthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purified cotton	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
sankafouma	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
taman	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
upland cotton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vilaayathi hatthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wah	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wild cotton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
棉花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棉花壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棉花子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棉花根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	hydrogenated oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained from the seed	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
leaves		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
Whole plant, bark, leaf, flower, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaf, flower, fruit, seed, stem		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seed		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
seed	seed, hair of the seed of cultivated varieties	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
bark, seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
seed	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Fruit (Fruit Coat)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed	Product obtained by refining and hydrogenation of oil obtained from seeds of cultivated plants	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	hair of the seed; freed from adhering impurities, deprived of fatty matter, bleached, and sterilized in its final container	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
semillas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gossypium barbadense var. hirsutum (L.) Hook.f. & Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 229 (1849).
Gossypium herbaceum var. hirsutum (L.) Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 347 (1874).
Xylon hirsutum (L.) Medik. Malvenfam.: 43 (1787).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gossypium hirstum L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gossypium hirsutum	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Gossypium hirsutum L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gossypium hirsutum Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Gossypium hirsutum Linné	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

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