Details for: PI 555590, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, ORS 2918


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Top Name:
ORS 2918
Origin:
Collected – Nepal
Received by NPGS:
28 Jun 1989
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed10 countPI 555590 CR01 SD
 
Restrictions
Subject to federal import restriction(s)
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  • USA – (Many countries; All propagules except seeds; See Plants for Planting Manual for seed regulations)
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/npb_ca_summary_2025_-_grkn_added.pdf
  • USA – California (See state regulation: Cotton pest.)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Top Name:
ORS 2918
Origin:
Collected – Nepal
Received by NPGS:
28 Jun 1989
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected

Nepal
Locality: Chisapa

Donated
28 June 1989.
Côte D'Ivoire
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
ORS 2918
Type: Donor identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

Narrative
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Genus:
Abelmoschus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:

619
Place of publication:

Methodus 617. 1794
Comment:
a probable allopolyploid
Verified:
07/26/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hibiscus esculentus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hibiscus longifolius Willd.
Hibiscus longifolius Willd. var. longifolius

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgumbo  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlady's-fingers  1Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Englishokra  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chineseka fei huang kui咖啡黄葵 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchgombo  2Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
Frenchokra  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Germaneßbarer Bisameibisch  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1162.
GermanOcker  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Hindibhindi  2Schafleitner, R. et al. 2013. The okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) transcriptome as a source for gene sequence information and molecular markers for diversity analysis. Gene 517:27-36. Note: polyploid; 2n=72, 108, 120, 132, and 144
Indonesiankopi arab  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:57.
Italiangombo  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italianocra  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Malaykacang bendi  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:57.
Portuguese (Brazil)quiabo  2Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. 87.
Spanishgombo  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Swedishokra  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russianbamiâ  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseEPICALYX - Image of epicalyx OKRA.IMAGE.EPICALYX.FL.2019 Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseFRUIT - Image of fruit OKRA.IMAGE.FRUIT.FL.2019 Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseFRUIT ON PLANT - Image of fruit on plant OKRA.IMAGE.FRUITONPLANT.FL.2019 Not Available