[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Agriculture in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980) › v1.c19.s8.2 # A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s8.2 A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s8.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s8.2) In \*Gossypium arboreum\*, commonly known as the desi cotton, wild and weedy types have been recorded from Kathiawar, Gujarat, Khandesh and the Deccan. They are perennial, and are hence known as tree-cottons. In \*G. herbaceum\*, wild and weedy types are known from the coastal strip to the north-west of Karachi, through northern Baluchistan to south Yemen, Ethiopia and the Sudan, and even to western Africa to the south of the Sahara. - [Previous: v1.c19.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s8.1) - [Next: v1.c19.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s8.3) - [Up: v1.c19.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s8.2) · Pramāṇa