Kapah (Punjabi: ਕਪਾਹ)

Malvaceae (mallow family) » Gossypium hirsutum

 

gos-SIP-ee-um -- from Latin gossypion, name used by Pliny the Elder to describe cotton

her-SOO-tum -- hairy

 

commonly known as: American cotton, American upland cotton, Bourbon cotton, common cotton, Mexican Cotton, upland cotton, wild cotton • Assamese: কপাহ kapah • Bengali: কাপাস kapasa, কার্পাস karpasa • Gujarati: કાપસ OR કપાસ kapas • Hindi: कार्पास karpas, कार्पासी karpasi • Kannada: ಹತ್ತಿ hatti • Konkani: कापस kapas, काप्पुस kappus • Malayalam: കാര്പ്പാസം kaarppaasam • Marathi: कार्पास karpasa • Nepalese: कपास् kapas • Punjabi: ਕਪਾਹ kapah, ਕੁਪਾਹ kupah • Sanskrit: चित्रदण्डकः chitradandakah, गुडा guda, कर्पासः karpasah, कार्पासी karpasi, कार्पासिका karpasika • Tamil: பருத்தி parutti • Telugu: ప్రత్తి pratti • Urdu: کارپاس karpas, کارپاسي karpasi

 

Native to, and cultivated in: tropical North and Central America

Introduced, and cultivated in: tropical Old World countries

 

 

References: Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D. • kapasindia • ENVIS - FRLHT • DDSA

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