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Abelmoschus caillei
West African okra is a stout, often woody-based herb in the mallow family, grown as a vegetable in humid parts of West and Central Africa. It is a natural hybrid of two okra relatives and is often mistaken for them.
Abelmoschus caillei, the West African okra, is a plant species in the family Malvaceae. It occurs in humid areas of West and Central Africa where it is used as a vegetable. It originated as an allopolyploid hybrid of Abelmoschus esculentus and A. manihot, and is often mistaken for either of those two plants. The same hybrid was produced experimentally in Japan where it is known as Abelmoschus glutino-textile.
Abelmoschus caillei is consumed as a vegetable in a variety of ways, with young leaves being consumed as leaf vegetable and young fruits being consumed after being cooked or fried. Its edibility combined with its resistance to Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus allows the plant to be commonly cultivated in subsistence farming in high rainfall areas of West Africa.
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