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.

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

Dutch: gombo
Polish: ketmia jadalna, okra, piżmian jadalny