trefle.io · Taken Jan 1, 1900 by EOL − Kristine Paulus from New York, United States (cc-by)
Malvaceae
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Also known as Bhindi, Lady's finger, Gumbo, Hibiscus praecox
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Okra · Edible Pods · Vegetable · Tropical · Warm Season · Garden Crop · Flowering · Food Plant · Malvaceae · Summer Vegetable
Okra is a warm-season vegetable that thrives in full sun and well-draining, fertile soil with consistent moisture. Plant outdoors after all frost risk has passed and provide at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily for best pod production. Harvest pods regularly when they are 3–4 inches long to encourage continued fruiting throughout the season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply at the base; keep soil consistently moist but well-drained · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Fruit
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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