Phuti karpas

Gossypium arboreum var. neglecta, locally known as Phuti karpas or Phuti Karpash, is a variety of Gossypium arboreum endemic to Bangladesh, especially near Dhaka along the river banks, and in some places in West Bengal, India. It was believed to be extinct. The cotton from this plant was used to make Dhaka muslin, a rare extinct fabric. It could be spun so that individual threads could maintain tensile strength at counts higher than any other variety of cotton. In 2015, in a project to resurrect Muslin, Phuti Karpas plants are being searched by planting similar plants along the river.