You may know okra mainly as an ingredient in gumbo, but this fruit boasts an impressive nutrient profile. Here are 7 nutrition and health benefits of okra.
Learn how to prepare and cook okra for the best taste and texture. Experts share how to buy, store, and use okra in recipes.
Considered an edible ornamental flowering hibiscus, okra is an annual, erect herb with stems that contain stiff hairs. The whole plant has an aromatic smell resembling that of cloves. The plant itself resembles the cotton plant, but it has much larger and rougher leaves and a thicker stem.
Okra, a herbaceous hairy annual plant of the mallow family and its edible podlike fruits. Okra is native to the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere and is widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics of the Western Hemisphere. The tender unripe fruits are commonly cooked as a vegetable.