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It is an [[annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plant, growing to 2 m tall, straight up with very little [[phototropism]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10–20 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 5–7 lobes. The [[flower]]s are 4–8 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, 5–20 cm long, containing numerous [[seed]]s.
It is an [[annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plant, growing to 2 m tall, straight up with very little [[phototropism]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10–20 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 5–7 lobes. The [[flower]]s are 4–8 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, 5–20 cm long, containing numerous [[seed]]s.
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Hibiscus esculentus, Linn. (Abelmischus esculentus, Moench). Okra. Gumbo. Annual: mostly strict, 2-6 ft. or more, the sts. terete and more or less hispid: lvs. cordate in outline, 3-5-lobed or divided, the lobes ovate-pointed and coarsely toothed or notched: bracteoles very narrow, about 1 in. long: fls. solitary and axillary, on inch-long peduncles, yellow, with a red center: fr. a long ribbed pod (5-12 in. long), used in cookery. Trop. Asia.—For cult., see Okra. A large- fld. form (var. speciosus, cf. H. manihot) in Gt. 43, p. 623.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==