SC - Okra

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/99 1:13:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
charding at nwlink.com writes:

<< A qustion came up after dinner tonight.  Where does okra originate?   W >>

Okra, or gumbo, Hibiscus esculentus L. (syn. Abelmoschus esculentus), is an
annual, warm season, frost-susceptible plant belonging to the mallow family,
Malvaceae [Malvaceae Images], and is grown for its edible capsules, or
seedpods, which are harvested immature. It bears hibiscus-like flowers and
large, three- to five-lobed leaves. Okra is thought to be of African or Asian
origin, and was used by the Egyptians as early as the 12th century BC. It was
probably brought to N. America by African slaves. 

See http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/okra/ok00001.htm

Ras
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