Okra - Abelmoschus esculentus ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Sub-family: Malvoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Abelmoschus esculentus
Common name: Okra

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Be'er Milcah, Israel - 12 August 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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South India
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
vegetable
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
short shelf life
Yield first season:
10 -30 pods/plant
Yield top season:
not applicable
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
major food
Medicinal
fruit
low
 - n/a -
-
-
 medicals
Lipids inapplicable
(no extraction method
)
inapplicable
okra oil
0.19%
0.21%
 liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
 honey
Fruit:
good
 fruits
Nut:
low
 nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
no timber
inapplicable
 400ρ 600ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 2 credits 3,300 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • alcohol
  • oil
  • vegetable

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
3
 m tallest
Crown width:
1
 m widest
Planting distance:
20
 cm
Row distance:
100
 cm
Growing speed:
fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 1 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
1
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
1
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
itself
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 100m 650 m 1,200m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 10°C 22°C 35°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 400 mm 950 mm 1,500 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 6.0 7.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
clay
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
0
 months
Seed weight:
3,400
3,600
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
  • Meloidogyne incognita
  • Tetranychus urticae
  • Myzus persicae
  • Thrips palmi
  • Acalymma vittatum
  • Diabrotica undecimpunctata
  • Diabrotica balteata

 Diseases:

Propagation instruction
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Seeds Market
Demends: Offers:
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5

Additional Photos
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