cotton bird

in #nature4 years ago (edited)

Hello dear friends and followers of this wonderful steemit community, grateful for being once again with all of you in a new delivery of my content.

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Today I want to talk to you about this cotton plant, which is born in all the plains territory, it is called cotton bird, because birds use cotton to make their nests and they also take care of watering their seeds everywhere and there they are born. plants, in this case this plant was born in the patio of the house.

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There are 40 different types of cotton plant, there are those used for textiles, food, gastronomy health, etc., it is cultivated worldwide, it is made of vegetable fiber for its great quality and durability, they are 3 to 6 meters high, they adapt to the droughts, the fruit of this plant is an oval capsule where from there the cotton fiber sprouts and its seeds inside it and its flowers are yellow and pink, from its seed they extract an oil that is used in gastronomy, in health cotton is used to heal wounds and its leaves are used to make an infusion to lower fever, diarrhea, breast milk stimulates it and also for the respiratory system etc.

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