Practice mode Agronomy

Where did Gossypium herbaceum originate?

Correct answer C. Ethiopia and South Africa

Explanation

Gossypium herbaceum, the Levant or Arabian cotton, is an Old World diploid species whose wild relative grows in southern Africa, and it was domesticated around north-east Africa and Arabia.

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