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Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench

Scientific Name
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Family Name
Malvaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Okra (tagalog) (Philippines)
Description
Stout, erect, annual herb up to 4m tall; leaves spirally arranged; flowers solitary in theleaf axils or in pseudoracemes by reduction of the upper leaves, yellow, self-fertile;corolla with 5 obovate petals, yellow with dark purple center; fruit a cylindrical topyramidal capsule, green, greenish-purple when mature. (Philippines)
Uses
Spasms, scabies (Philippines)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Abelmoschus esculentus (GRIN) Common vegetable

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