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What kind of plant is this

Coffee Huang Kui (scientific name: okra (Linn. ) Moench) is also called okra, belonging to Malvaceae and Panicum. Stems cylindrical, sparsely spiny. Leaves palmate, lobes wide to narrow, stipules linear, with long bristles. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicels sparsely grow bristles, and bracteoles are bell-shaped; Calyx bell-shaped, densely stellate tomentose; The flowers are yellow, the inner base is purple, the capsule is tubular, pointed, and the seeds are spherical and veined. Flowering period may-September.

Coffee is very warm in Huang Kui, originated from Indian, and widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions. China, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and other provinces also have extensive planting areas. Known as the king of vegetables, it has high economic utilization and edible value.

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Coffee Huang Kui

Latin scientific name

Okra? (Linn。 )Moench

Another name

Vietnamese sesame (Hunan), pig excrement beans (Guangdong), hemp, okra, kidney-tonifying vegetables and okra.

Binomial nomenclature/system

okra

boundary

plant kingdom

morphological character

Annual herb, 1-2 m high; Valve stem cylinder

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Coffee Huang Kui

Shape, sparse and scattered thorns. The leaves are palmately 3-7-lobed, with a diameter of 10-30 cm. The lobes are wide to narrow, with coarse teeth and notches on the edges and coarse hairs on both sides. Petiole is 7- 15 cm long and covered with bristles; Stipules linear, 7- 10 mm long, coarsely hairy.

Flowers are solitary in leaf axils, pedicels are 1-2 cm long and sparsely hairy; Bracteoles 8- 10, linear, about 1.5 cm long, sparsely hairy; Calyx campanulate, longer than bracteoles, densely stellate tomentose; The flowers are yellow, the inner base is purple, the diameter is 5-7 cm, the petals are obovate and the length is 4-5 cm.

The capsule is tubular and pointed, with a length of 10-25 cm and a diameter of 1-5-2 cm, with a long beak at the top and sparse bristles; Seeds spherical, numerous, 4-5 mm in diameter. , with hairy veins. Flowering period may-September.