1, can eat. Okra seeds are also part of the okra, okra's taste is crisp, while the taste of okra seeds is very Q, and, from the nutritional value of the food, the nutritional value of okra seeds is not lower than okra.

2, anti-wrinkle and anti-aging: okra seeds are rich in protein, after the transformation can get "oligopeptide" complex, "oligopeptide" has to increase skin activity, slow down the role of aging, is a valuable raw material, commonly used in high-grade It is a precious raw material, commonly used in advanced skin care products, with remarkable cosmetic effects.

3, the prevention of cardiovascular disease: okra seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, consumption can reduce blood lipids and cholesterol, to prevent atherosclerosis, thus preventing cardiovascular disease.

4, morphological characteristics: annual herbs, 1-2 meters high; stem cylindrical, sparsely scattered spines. Leaves palmately 3-7-lobed, 10-30 centimeters in diameter, lobes broad to narrow, margin coarsely toothed and concave, both surfaces sparsely hirsute; petiole 7-15 centimeters long, hirsute; stipules linear, 7-10 millimeters long, sparsely hirsute.

5. Flowers solitary between leaf axils, pedicels 1-2 cm long, sparsely hispid; bracteoles 8-10, linear, ca. 1.5 cm long, sparsely hispid; calyx campanulate, longer than the bracteoles, densely stellate velutinous; flowers yellow, purple at the inner bases, 5-7 cm in diameter, petals obovate, 4-5 cm long.

6. Capsule cylindrical spire-shaped, 10-25 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, apically long beaked, sparsely hispid; seeds globose, numerous, 4-5 mm in diameter, veined with hairs. May-September.