okra
Scientific Name: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
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Okra, Gumbo, Lady's Fingers
Southerners savor this heat-loving vegetable as a main dish and in gumbos. They are excellent boiled, steamed, pickled and deep fried in soups, stews and sauces.
Okra
Prepared by Powell Smith, Lexington Extension Agent; Bob Polomski, Extension Consumer Horticulturist; and Debbie Shaughnessy, HGIC Horticulture Specialist, Clemson University. (New 12/99. Revised 04/03. Image added 01/09.)
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Musk okra is an annual tropical herbaceous plant growing up to 6' tall.
It has toothed leaves; yellow - or purple flowers.
Okra
A member of the hibiscus family, okra has one of the most beautiful blooms in the vegetable garden. Okra is used as a natural thickener for soups and stews and is an essential ingredient in gumbo.
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Okra flowers resembles those of its close cousins the hibiscus and rose-of-sharon. Okra pods can be seen below and to the left of the blossom.
another name for okra; also applied in the W United States to a rich, black, alkaline alluvial soil, which is soapy or sticky when wet.
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A large ornamental okra with dinner-plate-sized, sulfur yellow flowers with dark eyes.
ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (Hibiscus esculentus) - Okra
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Bermuda has three seasons, but some put in a fourth crop for potatoes, okra, tomatoes, watermelon and cantaloupes.
Tomato, pepper, eggplant, okra and sweet corn plants may be grown during the first year of a strawberry bed provided the berry plants are set 18" to 24" asunder in rows not less than 24" apart.
One of these is Abelmoschus esculentus, or okra. It is best known for its mucilaginous seedpods which are fried or used to thicken soups and stews. However, this is a true multipurpose plant with edible leaves, flowers, seedpods and mature seeds.
Okra
Tender Crops
Often treated as a subdivision of warm season crops, tender crops are killed by frost, but are nevertheless able to germinate and grow in cooler temperatures.
For warmth-loving okra and cucumbers, vents can be kept closed but humidity must be raised by damping down. Alternatively, partition off a section of the greenhouse with fleece or clear plastic ...
Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra)
Abelmoschus esculentus 'Clemsons Spineless' (Okra 'Clemsons Spineless')
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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea) is a member of the hibiscus family, the same family to which cotton and okra belong. It is an old fashioned biennial or short lived perennial that can grow to 6 feet tall.
The plants are listed in alphabetical order for easy access. For example, Okra would be listed under ok. Once you have found the plant, click on the name for a detailed description and information on potting, propagation, growing tips, and varieties.
Okra is the edible fruit of a variety of hibiscus. Marshmallow was originally derived from a type of hollyhock. Some other members of the family can be used as marshmallow substitutes.
they tend to thicken it in much the same way as okra. A decoction of the roots has been used as an egg-white substitute for making meringue. The roots are brought to the boil in water and then simmered until the water becomes quite thick.
Hibiscus plants belong to the Malvaceae family of plants which also includes cotton, okra,. More
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Als chemisches Merkmal sind vor allem Polysaccharid-Schleime zu nennen, z.B. im Eibisch (Althea officinales ) oder dem bekannten afrikanischen Gemüse Okra (Hibiscus esculentus ).
Abelmoschus moschatus (Moschusmalve)
Hibiscus sabdariffa (Hibiskus) ...
The young fruit is used as a cooked vegetable; although some gardeners grow Chinese okra for the fibrows interior. The fibrows netting is an excellent sponge but there are also industrial applications such as waterfilters.
Mostly a tropical family there are many members of the Mallow family in North America including such cultivated plants as Hollyhock, Okra and Cotton.
And though they may not be epicurean in flavor, their bright colors can enliven a salad. More flavorsome and extensively grown as a food crop is Hibiscus esculentus (syn Abelmoschus esculentus), the vegetable known as "okra".
If picked at the right time, the pods resemble okra[183]. The sprouted seeds can be eaten[183]. An edible oil is obtained from the seed[55, 171]. The latex in the stems is made into a chewing gum[46, 61].
Okra, lady's fingers (Abelmoschus esculentus)
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 See also: Green, May, Vegetables, Hibiscus, Fruits
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