Okra
ಬೆಂಡೆಕಾಯಿरामतुरईவெண்டை
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 1.2 m
Malvaceae
Also called Lady's-Finger, Gumbo
Formerly Abelmoschus bammia, Abelmoschus longifolius, Abelmoschus praecox, Abelmoschus tuberculatus, and 5 more
When it flowers
Flowers July to March in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. Uttarakhand to W. & C. IndiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Arabian jasmineFlowers April to June, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers April to June, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers April to June, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers April to June, when this does not
Brazilian pepperFlowers April to June, when this does not
Bush Morning GloryFlowers April to June, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Portuguese
- Quiabo
- Chinese
- 秋葵, 黃秋葵, 咖啡黄葵
- Finnish
- vihannesokra
- Chinese (China)
- 秋葵, 咖啡黄葵
- Czech
- ibiškovec jedlý
- Russian
- Абельмош съедобный, Бамия
- Japanese
- オクラ
- Estonian
- söödav muskushibisk
- Sinhala
- බණ්ඩක්කා
- Dutch
- Okra
- Albanian
- Bamja
- root
- ባሚያ, بامییه (بیتکی), Okra
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Abelmoschus esculentus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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