2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The tenth international sale exhibition with the promising name GRAND TEXTILES, which will be held in Moscow from November 2 to 5 this year (2017), is a good reason to remember the plant called Cotton. This unpretentious, picturesque and multifaceted creation of nature is the main source for the production of fabrics, from which outfits are made not only for fashionistas, but also for all people of our small and fragile planet
Unique creation of nature
Amazing plant
Cotton is a relative of our village tall
Mallowdecorating its branches with picturesque leaves and spectacular flowers, very similar to its leaves and flowers. But, among about fifty representatives of the genus Cotton, there are a number of species, the seeds of which are protected from the vicissitudes of fate by a very light, usually white fiber, for the sake of which man has domesticated the wild-growing miracle since ancient times. People have learned to skillfully stretch fluffy plant lumps, turning them into threads. And from the threads they learned to make fabrics, the quality of which depends on the quality of the fiber obtained.
Leader in cotton fiber length
There is no doubt that the longer the cotton fibers, the better the fabrics will be. The leader in fiber length among the domesticated species of the genus is
Cotton plant Barbados
Its birthplace is considered to be South America, the indigenous population of which, several millennia BC, tamed the plant and used cotton to make clothes. European colonists, who conquered the rich territories of the New World with fire and sword, seized the initiative and began to grow Cotton on the island of Barbados, sending the harvested fiber to Europe. Hence the name of this species appeared.
This type includes
Egyptian cotton, whose fiber products are highly valued all over the world. Therefore, tourists always try to buy gifts made of cotton for their loved ones and friends when they travel around Egypt or sunbathe on the shores of the cleanest Red Sea in the world.
Leader in fiber tensile strength
The leader in strength is
Treelike cotton plantborn in the lands of India and Pakistan. The domestication of the species took place during the time of an ancient civilization called "Harappan", which existed in this area from the 4th millennium to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC.
The length of the fibers of this type is only slightly inferior to the previous type, but at the same time it has an amazing tensile strength. This quality of cotton makes it possible to produce very thin threads, the fabric of which is very delicate and almost transparent, capable of competing in quality with natural silk.
Treelike cotton plant also a very beautiful plant that adorns the planet with its spectacular purple flowers. Sometimes the flowers can be yellow, retaining the purple color only in the center of the flower corolla.
Leader of the shortest and coarsest fibers
Drought tolerant and resilient
Herbaceous cotton plant was born in Africa, which is not distinguished by caring for plants. Therefore, this species stands out among its domesticated relatives with the coarse and shortest fiber. But in Africa, people are also happy with such cotton, managing to produce bright and elegant clothes from it.
African peoples use its seeds for food, and traditional healers treat diseases with drugs prepared from the plant.
The most ubiquitous on earth
Shaggy cotton does not have leadership habits, however, being born in Central America, he managed to become the most common species on the planet used by humans.
Traditional healers use the medicinal abilities of this type, proven for centuries.
Spectacular blooming view
Cotton plant erasedgrowing in Australia is not used as raw cotton due to the very short fibers of the fruit. But, the external beauty of the plant attracts the eye of a person, and therefore I want to mention it.
The specific epithet keeps the memory of an Englishman named Charles Sturt (1795 - 1869), who did a lot of work exploring the flora of the distant continent.
Note: More details about the types of Cotton can be found in our Encyclopedia.
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Cotton Plant Erased
Cotton plant Sturta (Latin Gossypium sturtianum) - perennial picturesque plant of the genus Cotton (Latin Gossypium) of the Malvaceae family (Latin Malvaceae). It is a woody shrub native to Australia. Cotton fiber is very short and therefore cannot compete with species of the genus grown for fiber harvest.
Herbaceous Cotton Plant
Herbaceous cotton plant (Latin Gossypium herbaceum) - a perennial plant of the genus Cotton (Latin Gossypium) of the Malvaceae family (Latin Malvaceae). The native of semi-arid African regions has survived in the wild to this day. The cotton fiber of the seed bolls is considered the coarsest and shortest among the species of the genus Cotton cultivated by man.
Cotton Plant Barbados
Barbados cotton plant (Latin Gossypium barbadense) - a small shrub tree of the genus Cotton (Latin Gossypium) of the Malvaceae family (Latin Malvaceae). This species has been cultivated to produce extra-long fibers, over 34 millimeters in length, for enhancing tissue quality.
Treelike Cotton Plant
Treelike cotton plant (Latin Gossypium arboreum) - a perennial plant of the genus Cotton (Latin Gossypium) of the Malvaceae family (Latin Malvaceae). It is a shrub that grows up to two meters in height. Its large bowl-shaped flowers show the world magnificent dark purple petals, giving the shrub a noble appearance.
