Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus.

synoniemen: Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant.

Nederlands: gombo
Pools: ketmia jadalna, okra, piżmian jadalny