Malvaceae, the Hibiscus or mallow family consists of herbs, shrubs and trees. Cotton comes under this family. The members of this family have tap root system, aerial, erect, branched, woody stem, simple, petiolate leaf, solitary, terminal or axillary inflorescence, bracetate or ebracteate, actinomorphic, bisexual flower, gamosepalous calyx with valvate aestivation, polypetalous corolla with twisted aestivation, monadelphous stamens, superior, syncarpous, ovary and loculicidal capsule or schizocarp fruit.