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Abelmoschus caillei, the West African okra, is a plant species in the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae

Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus , Sterculia , Dombeya , Pavonia and Sida ....
. It occurs in West
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
 and Central Africa
Central Africa

Central Africa is a core region of the African continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
 where it is used as a vegetable
Vegetable

The term "vegetable" generally means the Eating parts of plants. The definition of the word is traditional rather than scientific, however, and therefore the usage of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of food selection and food preparation....
. It originated as an allopolyploid hybrid
Hybrid

In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different Taxon. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses....
 of Abelmoschus esculentus
Okra

Okra , also known as ladyfinger and gumbo, is a flowering plant in the Malvaceae , valued for its edible green fruits. Okra's binomial nomenclature is Abelmoschus esculentus; it is occasionally referred to by the synonym, Hibiscus esculentus L....
 and Abelmoschus manihot. The same hybrid was produced experimentally in Japan where it is known as Abelmoschus glutino-textile.








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Abelmoschus caillei, the West African okra, is a plant species in the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae

Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus , Sterculia , Dombeya , Pavonia and Sida ....
. It occurs in West
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
 and Central Africa
Central Africa

Central Africa is a core region of the African continent often considered to include Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
 where it is used as a vegetable
Vegetable

The term "vegetable" generally means the Eating parts of plants. The definition of the word is traditional rather than scientific, however, and therefore the usage of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of food selection and food preparation....
. It originated as an allopolyploid hybrid
Hybrid

In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different Taxon. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses....
 of Abelmoschus esculentus
Okra

Okra , also known as ladyfinger and gumbo, is a flowering plant in the Malvaceae , valued for its edible green fruits. Okra's binomial nomenclature is Abelmoschus esculentus; it is occasionally referred to by the synonym, Hibiscus esculentus L....
 and Abelmoschus manihot. The same hybrid was produced experimentally in Japan where it is known as Abelmoschus glutino-textile.

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