Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench

English: Okra

German: Gemüse-Eibisch

Mandarin: 咖啡黄葵 (ka fei huang kui)

Portuguese: Quiabeiro

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Abelmoschus (2)

            Epithet: esculentus (L.) Moench (2)

Synonyms: Abelmoschus bammia Webb, Abelmoschus longifolius (Willd.) Kostel., Abelmoschus officinalis (DC.) Endl., Hibiscus esculentus L.

esculentus => edible, fit for human food

longifolius => having long leaves

officinalis => of practical use to man; official species in commerce, especially for medicinal purposes

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Abelmoschus esculentus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [435] Abelmoschus esculentus - Plants For A Future database
• [1608] Abelmoschus esculentus - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.