In fact, okra was introduced to Chinese mainland earlier. As early as several decades ago, it was planted in Pingxiang, Jiangxi. The local people like this vegetable very much, and almost every family grows it. Because it looks a bit like pepper and is imported from abroad, it is called foreign pepper. The origin of okra is near Ethiopia in Africa today and tropical Asia, and it was not cultivated much in China before.

At present, okra is distributed and cultivated all over the north and south of China. Jiangxi, Shandong, Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hainan, Yunnan, Anhui, Fujian, Taiwan Province and other provinces and cities all have Pingxiang, especially Taiwan Province Province. You can plant it twice a year in the south. At present, there are more than 20 common varieties such as Lv Chang, Lvwuxing, Zaosheng Pentagon, Tokyo Pentagon, New Tokyo No.5, Five Blessingg and Sanxiang.