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Gossypium tomentosum
Also called Hawaiian cotton, Hawai'i Cotton, Hawaiian Cotton Or Ma‘o, Mao
Hawaiian cotton (maʻo) is a shrub endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, related to American cottons, with bright yellow flowers and short reddish-brown lint. It is grown mainly in warm, dry, sunny sites.
Gossypium tomentosum, commonly known as maʻo, huluhulu or Hawaiian cotton, is a species of cotton plant that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Genetic studies indicate that Hawaiian cotton is related to American species of Gossypium, with its closest relative Gossypium hirsutum.
Its ancestor may have come to the islands from the Americas as a seed on the wind or in the droppings of a bird, or as part of floating debris.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gossypium tomentosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
