Abelmoschus esculentus
Layer: Herbs
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 11
Edible: Yes
Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves, Root, Seed
Edible uses: Oil, Coffee, Pectin
Light requirement: Full sun
Water requirement: Moist
Soil texture preferences: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay
Width: 1.7
Utilities: Oil, Fiber, Textiles, Pectin
Native To: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Introduced To: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Warnings: Weed potential
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- Alternate name
- A-koto, angu, apala, asowntem, bakhua-mun, bamia, bandakka, bendi, bhindee, bhindi, binda, bindi, bondo, cantarela, derere rechipudzi, derere, dheras, dherosh, enmomi, fetri, gombaut, gombo, gumbo, guro, gusha, hakuyot, idelele, ikhievbo, ilasha, ilo, ka fei huang kui, kacang bendi, kaganh lender, kandia, kandjie, kopi arab, krachiap-mon, kubewa, lafeu, lieka, loka, maana, ma-lontho, mesta, muomi, miagorro, nathando, nkruma, obori, ochro, okworu, okwulu, otigo-iwoka, pahari bendi, pingpesi, poot barang, pui, quiabo, quimbambo, saluyot a bunga, sayur bendi, taku, uisul hme, vandakai, vandikkai, vendal, wayika, you-padi
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Height
- 1.0
- Introduced into
- Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Benin, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Illinois, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South European Russi, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Life cycle
- Annual, Perennial
- Plants for a future
- https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Abelmoschus esculentus
- Plants of the world online
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:558006-1
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okra
Slug: abelmoschus-esculentus
Permapeople ID: 233
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