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- The cotton: worth knowing in the profile
- The facts in profile format
- An extremely heat-sensitive plant
- Illuminated from bottom to top
- Tips
Fluffy and poisonous: the cotton
The cotton: worth knowing in the profile
Who does not have at least one piece of clothing in the cupboard that is made of cotton? The plant that produces this raw material is so interesting that it can also be cultivated as an ornamental plant in this country, for example in the living room.
The facts in profile format
An extremely heat-sensitive plant
Although the cotton is perennial and can grow into a tree or shrub, it is usually grown once a year. The culture of this plant requires a pases climate. It should be warm. The average temperature should not fall below 15 ° C. Therefore, the cotton is grown mainly in the tropics and subtropics.
Illuminated from bottom to top
The cotton is between 25 cm and 2 m in size - depending on the species, prevailing climate and culture. The growth is upright and branched.
The leaves are large, lobed, three-parted and provided with up to 5 cm long hairs. The five-fold, hermaphrodite and radial symmetry flowers appear in summer. They are mostly yellow and rarely white or red. They are very similar to the flowers of the hibiscus.
From the flowers develop the capsule fruits. They have 3 to 5 compartments. Therein lie the dark brown seeds. At maturity, the capsule springs open. Then white cotton wool (the seeds with their attached hairs) swells out of the inside. Each seed has between 2,000 and 7,000 seed hairs. The seeds are poisonous.
Tips
For growing in a big way, the cotton is not suitable in this country. If you want to grow a plant for the production of raw materials for the production of ilien, you are better advised with the Faserlein.