TAXONOMY 



36S 



Official drug Part used 



Althaea Root (peeled) 



Althaea Folia N.F. Leaves 



Gossypii Cortex N.F. Bark of root 



Botanical origin Habitat 



Althaea officinalis Europe and Asia 

 Althaea officinalis Europe ard Asia 

 Cultivated varieties of: 



possypium 

 herbaceum 



Gossypium 

 Purificatum 



Oleum Gossypii 

 Seminis 



Hairs of seed 



Fixed oil from 

 seeds 



Malvae Folia N. F. Leaves 



Gossypium 



Barbadense 

 Gossypium 



arboreum 



(Cultivated varieties 

 of Gossypium 

 herbaceum 

 {Cultivated varieties 

 of Gossypium 

 species 

 \ 



( Malva sylvestris ( 

 I Malva rotundifolia I 



Arabia, United 



States, East 



indies 



United States and 



Africa 

 Egypt, Arabia and 



India 



{Arabia, East 

 Indies, United 

 States 



{United States, 

 Asia, Africa and 

 South America 



Unofficial 



Althaea Flores 



Flowers 



Althaea rosea 



Europe 



FIG. 216. Upland'^cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). A, mature boll opened 

 out; B, cross-section of young boll; C, single seed with fibers; D, young boll. 

 (Robbing.) 



