Cotton (Wild)
Gossypium hirsutum
About Cotton (Wild)
Cotton (Wild) (Gossypium hirsutum) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Wound Healing, Fever, Pain, and Women's Health. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world. Globally, about 90% of all cotton production is of cultivars derived from this species. In the United States, the world's largest exporter of cotton, it constitutes approximately 95% of all cotton production. It is native to Mexico, the West Indies, northern South America, Central America and possibly tropical Florida.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist