Gossypium arboreum

Gossypium arboreum is an Asian cotton species cultivated for fiber and known as tree cotton or old-world cotton. Its fibers can occur in natural colors, including brown.

Gossypium: Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants that includes the cotton species. This species is one member of the genus that produces cotton fiber.
Cotton domestication: Cotton domestication is the development of cultivated cotton plants from wild ancestors through human selection. Cultivation of this Asian species belongs to cotton’s early domestication history.
Handloom: A handloom is a manually operated device for interlacing yarns into fabric. Cotton from this species can be spun and woven on handlooms.
Gossypium hirsutum: Gossypium hirsutum is an allotetraploid cotton species that supplies most of the world’s commercial cotton fiber. It dominates modern cotton production, unlike this diploid Asian species.
Cotton: Cotton is a soft textile fiber that grows around the seeds of plants in the genus Gossypium. The species is cultivated chiefly for this seed fiber.
South Asia: South Asia is the region encompassing the Indian subcontinent and nearby areas. The species has a long cultivation history in this region.
Natural dye: A natural dye is a coloring substance obtained from biological or mineral sources. Naturally pigmented cotton fibers can reduce the need to dye the finished textile.
Gossypium barbadense: Gossypium barbadense is an allotetraploid cotton species prized for long, fine fibers, including Egyptian and Pima cotton. Its long-staple fiber provides a contrast with the generally shorter fiber of tree cotton.
Cotton fiber: Cotton fiber is the elongated seed-hair cell harvested and spun into yarn. Its fibers are the crop’s main useful product and can be naturally colored.
Indus Valley Civilization: The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age society centered in parts of present-day Pakistan and northwest India. Archaeological evidence places early cotton use in the region where this species was cultivated.

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