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Malvaceae

9-Gossypium fruits

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The fruit of cotton, Gossypium, is a capsule. It splits open to reveal the numerous seeds that are covered with long hairs, which are the fibers used to make cotton cloth.

Photo by K. R. Robertson in Floyd County, Georgia.

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