It is called okra, also called coffee okra. It likes warmth. It originates from India and is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas. Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and other provinces in China also have a very wide cultivation area. Known as the king of vegetables, it has extremely high economic and edible value.

Coffee okra is known as the king of vegetables. Its tender pods have tender flesh and contain sticky substances composed of pectin and polysaccharides, which give the okra a special flavor and smooth taste. It can generally be fried, eaten and cooked. Soup, pickling, canning, etc. In addition to the edible young fruits, its leaves, buds, and flowers are also edible.

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Economic uses

Leaves, buds and flowers are rich in protein, vitamins and mineral salts. The seeds contain a lot of potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, manganese and other elements; they can extract oil and protein; they have a special aroma and can be squeezed for oil, and can be used as an additive or substitute for coffee; the seeds contain about 15-20% of the oil. Combined with a small amount of gossypol, it is slightly toxic and can be eaten or used for industrial purposes after high temperature treatment.

Nutrition

Coffee ambrette is rich in nutrients. The young fruits contain a large amount of sticky juice and have a special fragrance. Its juice is mixed with pectin, galactan and araban. Its pectin is soluble fiber, which is highly valued in the new concept of modern health care.

Eating it regularly has the effect of strengthening the gastrointestinal tract and nourishing yin and yang. It is determined that every 100 grams of tender fruit contains 2.5 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 2.7 grams of sugar, and 660 international units of cellulose.

Vitamin B1, 0.2 mg, vitamin B20.06 mg, vitamin 44 mg, calcium 81 mg, phosphorus 63 mg, iron 0.8 mg, is an ideal high-end green nutritional health vegetable in the new century.

Morphological characteristics

Annual herb, 1-2 meters high; stems cylindrical, with sparse spines. The leaves are palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes, 10-30 cm in diameter, the lobes are wide to narrow, the edges are coarsely toothed and notched, and both sides are covered with sparse bristles; the petiole is 7-15 cm long, covered with long bristles; the stipules are linear, 7-10 mm long, covered with sparse bristles.

The flowers are solitary in the leaf axil, the pedicel is 1-2 cm long, sparsely covered with hispid hairs; the bracts are 8-10, linear, about 1.5 cm long, sparsely covered with hispid hairs; the calyx is bell-shaped, Longer than the bracts, densely covered with star-like short hairs; the flowers are yellow, the inner base is purple, 5-7 cm in diameter, the petals are obovate, 4-5 cm long.

The capsule is cylindrical and spire-shaped, 10-25 cm long, 1-5-2 cm in diameter, with a long beak at the top, sparsely covered with histiform hairs; the seeds are spherical, numerous, 4-5 mm in diameter, with Hair vein pattern. The flowering period is from May to September.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Okra