1. 31/8/2016 "Before receiving training in ECHO, we had difficulty to buy fresh vegetables at certain times of the year; likewise, some vegetables and crops such as cowpea leaves, okra and sorrel are almost not found in the dry season. After training, I immediately decided to practice the art of tires gardens...
  2. 1/10/2005 Okra provides food, feed, forage, fiber, foliage, fuel and cooking oil.
  3. 20/10/2013 La okra es cultivada por muchas razones que incluyen la fibra, el aceite y las flores y las vainas comestibles.La okra se ha cultivado por siglos y sigue siendo un cultivo muy importante en muchas partes de Medio Oriente y el Oeste de África;se han seleccionado variedades en base a la forma de la...
  4. 1/1/2020 Un ensayo de comparación de especies y variedades de okra (quimbombó, gumbo) se llevó a cabo en la finca de ECHO en North Fort Myers (zona 9a/10b), Florida. Se evaluó la producción de vainas y el sabor de trece variedades de Abelmoschus esculentum y dos variedades de Abelmoschus caillei. Las...
  5. 25/1/2016 ECHO’s Seed Bank has several new vegetable varieties, profiled below.
  6. Edible Portion: Pods, Flowers, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable A tropical annual herb. It grows erect, often with hairy stems. It mostly grows about 1 m tall but can be 3.5 m tall. It becomeswoody at the base. The leaves have long stalks up to 30 cm long. Leaves vary in shape but are roughly heart...
  7. Okra merits more extensive use in the Tropics in the home garden, on the small farm, and at the large agricultural-enterprise level. In this publication, the value of okra for the hot, humid Tropics is emphasized.