Cotton fruit type

Generally, cotton blooms from September to 10 every year, and matures in April of the following year. Cotton is an evergreen tree and belongs to fruit. According to the classification of botany, the fruit of cotton belongs to false fruit.

Characteristics of cotton fruit types

The fruit of cotton is conceived by the ovary of flowers, and the fruit will include pericarp and seeds. The main feature of cotton fruit type is that the fruit is a fruit developed by ovary, receptacle or perianth.

What does cotton fruit look like?

Cotton belongs to the genus Gossypium, and its shape belongs to small shrubs. The fruit of cotton grows on the branches. At the initial stage of growth, the fruit is green, oblate and has five inconspicuous ridges on the surface. When the fruit is ripe, the peel will split into five petals, with white cotton in the middle of each petal.

Cotton fruit structure diagram

The fruit of cotton is composed of peel, pulp and seeds. The shiny cotton we often see is actually only a part of the cotton fruit.

The structure diagram of cotton fruit is as follows: