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Abelmoschus: Okra, Abelmoschus Moschatus, Abelmoschus Manihot, Abelmoschus Caillei

Abelmoschus: Okra, Abelmoschus Moschatus, Abelmoschus Manihot, Abelmoschus Caillei


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Okra (pronounced US:, UK: ) is a flowering plant in the mallow family (along with such species as cotton, cocoa, and hibiscus), valued for its edible green fruits, which are also called okra, lady's fingers, or gumbo. Okra's scientific name is Abelmoschus esculentus; it is occasionally referred to as Hibiscus esculentus L. The species is an annual or perennial, growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are 1020 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 57 lobes. The flowers are 48 cm diameter, with five white to yellow petals, often with a red or purple spot at the base of each petal. The fruit is a capsule up to 18 cm long, containing numerous seeds. The name "okra" most often used in the United States is of West African origin and is cognate with "" in Igbo, a language spoken in Nigeria. In various Bantu languages, okra is called "kingombo" or a variant thereof, and this is the origin of its name in Portuguese ("quiabo"), Spanish, Dutch and French. The Arabic "" is the basis of the names in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and neighboring areas. In Hindi okra is known as bhindi() ( in Urdu; in Bengali) or Vendai kai ( in Tamil) Okra is often known as lady's fingers outside of the United States. Either the vegetable, or a stew based on it, are called gumbo in parts of the United States and English-speaking Caribbean, based on a corruption of the Portuguese word "quingombo," which is in turn a corruption of the word "quillobo," the word for the plant in some parts of eastern Africa. Worldwide okra production Okra seed podOkra is native to the Old World tropics (West Africa) and has become established in the wild in some New World tropical areas. It is believed that okra first reached the New World during the days of slave trafficking. O... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1913997


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158257423
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Okra, Abelmoschus Moschatus, Abelmoschus Manihot, Abelmoschus Caillei
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1158257422
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 50 gr


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