Half-Wild Cotton - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65543 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | 2.1896 | |
| Artefact Name | Half-Wild Cotton | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Half-Wild Cotton | Geography Description | British Central Africa | ||
| Uses | Half-Wild CottonUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Johnston Sir HH | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Cultivated in an indifferent manner by the natives at Zomba. Label source: Report by Elijah & Helm Esq. Chamber of Commerce, Manchester dated 9.1.96. Fibre of a woolly character clean & bright, apparently discoloured by insect stains, leng, th of staple 1 1/8 inch to 1 3/16 varying considerably in strength but mostly very tender, probable value at present time about 4 1/4 per lb. | ||||