Distinguishing morphological features of cultivated species of Gossypium Linn.

S.No	Particulars	Cultivated Species of Cotton
		G.hirsutum	G.barbadense	G.arboreum	G.herbaceum
1	Leaves	1/2cut or less into 3-5 lobes, not constricted, also over lapping lobes	2/3 cut into 3-5 lobes, sinuses thrown into folds, lobes long and tapering	2/3-4/5 cut into 5-7 lobes long and narrow	½ cut or less 3-7 lobes only slightly constricted at the base.
2	Bracteoles	Triangular, 4-12 long teeth	As long as broad, 10-12 acuminate teeth	Closely investing the bud and flower, entire or with fewer teeth longer than broad.	Bracteoles not investing bud, usually broader than long upper margin serrated.
3	Petal	Light yellow to yellow	Sulphur yellow, deep Yellow	White to yellow, red	Medium yellow
4	Bolls	Round to moderately tapering 3-5 locular, 4 common smooth to moderately pitted.	Tapering, longer than broad 3-4 usually 3 loculi, deeply pitted and glanded often, rough	Moderate Round to tapering, 3 to 4 loculi, 3 common smooth to deeply pitted, rough	Rounded, smaller, 3 loculi smooth to moderately pitted.
5	Seeds	Moderately large, fuzzy to rarely naked, moderate to long fibres, 5-11 seed/locule	5-8 seeds/locule, tuft of fuzz on seeds, seeds often without a coat of a fuzz, lint fibres very long, seeds free	Fuzzy, smaller rarely naked, 6-17 seeds/locule	Medium size to small fuzzy, 11 seeds/locule, short to medium fibres.