Egyptian cotton honey
Gossypium barbadense
Light amber honey from the flowers of Egyptian cotton, which blooms in the Nile Delta in July and August. It contains more glucose than fructose, so it crystallises faster than Egyptian clover honey.
- Origin
- Egypt (Nile Delta)
- Colour
- 50 mm · extra light amber
- Crystallization
- fast
- Plant
- Gossypium barbadense · cotton →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Flowering cotton provides Egyptian beekeepers with their main summer honey flow.
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