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|accepted_name=Abelmoschus esculentus
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Moench
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Methodus,
|place=617. 1794
|year=1794
}}
|common_names=Okra;gumbo;lady’s finger
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hibiscus esculentus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 696. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Abelmoschus;Abelmoschus esculentus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Abelmoschus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Abelmoschus esculentus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 188
|treatment_page=page 220
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1–2 m. <b>Stems</b> often red blotched, coarse. <b>Leaf</b> blades scarcely lobed to palmately divided, 10–25 cm, ± broader than long. <b>Pedicels</b> not articulated, stout; involucellar bractlets linear, to 2.5 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: corolla to 8 cm diam.; staminal column anther-bearing from near base, apex 5-toothed. <b>Capsules</b> cylindric, slightly 5-angled, beaked, 8–30 cm. <b>2n</b> = 72, 108, 118, 120, 122, 130, 132, 144.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Fertile, well-drained soil with ample moisture, waste places
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;s Asia;Africa;sw Pacific Islands;introduced also in Mexico and elsewhere nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Abelmoschus esculentus</i> is a cultigen, apparently domesticated in India for the edible, unripe, succulent, mucilaginous young capsule and edible leaves; it may escape from commercial and garden cultivation and sometimes persist in waste places.</p>
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name=Abelmoschus esculentus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Moench
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Hibiscus esculentus
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Fertile, well-drained soil with ample moisture, waste places
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;s Asia;Africa;sw Pacific Islands;introduced also in Mexico and elsewhere nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Methodus,
|publication year=1794
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced;Weedy
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Abelmoschus
|species=Abelmoschus esculentus
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