Cotton Root

Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) likely was the species being grown on plantations during slavery times.
Title
Cotton Root
Description
Caption: Upland cotton or Mexican cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) likely was the species being grown on plantations during slavery times. This species is native to Mexico, the West Indies, Central and South America, and Florida. Upland cotton has been improved for fiber production and has become the most widely planted commercial cotton (95% of crop) in the United States. Meanwhile, much of the native stock of upland cotton has been wiped out in a misguided effort to control the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers.
Date
1800
Spatial Coverage
This species is native to Mexico, the West Indies, Central and South America, and Florida. Upland cotton has been improved for fiber production and has become the most widely planted commercial cotton (95% of crop) in the United States.
Source
The Journal of American Herbalists Guild
Creator
CREDIT: F. Parlatore, Le Specie dei Cotoni (1866)
Contributor
Karen L. Culpepper
Item sets
BLND: Geographies of Inequity
Site pages
Instruments of Death or Agency?
Media
Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) likely was the species being grown on plantations during slavery times.Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) likely was the species being grown on plantations during slavery times.