The species was first described as Hibiscus esculentus (Linnaeus, 1753) and transferred to Abelmoschus by Moench in 1794; Hibiscus longifolius is a synonym.
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The species was first described as Hibiscus esculentus (Linnaeus, 1753) and transferred to Abelmoschus by Moench in 1794; Hibiscus longifolius is a synonym.
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Flora of China gives okra as native to India; Flora of Pakistan considers it most probably of Indian origin and Asiatic because the genus is mainly Asiatic, suggesting the N Indian Abelmoschus tuberculatus may be one of its ancestors.