botanical record · discovered
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Okra · Abelmosch comestible, Gombo · Abelmosch comestible, Lalo, Gombo, Okra · Antsigini gombo · Bamija · Bamja · Fetri · Giambo · Gombo · Jedilni oslez · Kalalou · Kuɓewa · Lady's-Finger · Molondrón · Nkruma · Ochro · Ocker
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Trinidad, Panama(Choco), China, Iraq, Dominican Republic, Portuguese, Haiti, Ghana
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Antidote, Boil, Burn
Science studied: QUERCETIN, QUERCETIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE, QUERCETIN-4'-DIGLUCOSIDE, QUERCETIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Malvaceae
Scientific name: Abelmoschus esculentus
Common names: Okra, Abelmosch comestible, Gombo, Abelmosch comestible, Lalo, Gombo, Okra, Antsigini gombo, Bamija, Bamja, Fetri, Giambo, Gombo, Jedilni oslez, Kalalou, Kuɓewa, Lady's-Finger, Molondrón, Nkruma, Ochro, Ocker
History
The source record documents this plant in Trinidad, Elsewhere, Panama(Choco), China, Iraq, Dominican Republic, Portuguese, Haiti and 7 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Antidote
- Boil
- Burn
- Catarrh
- Coffee
- Colic
- Cordial
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- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dyspepsia
- Dysuria
- Emollient
- Gonorrhea
- Inflammation
- Intestine
- Lactogogue
- Leprosy
- Parturition
- Pectoral
- Scald
- Sore
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Whitlow
- Abscess
- Aphrodisiac
- Gum
- Labor
- Pregnancy
- Wound
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Trinidad
- Elsewhere
- Panama(Choco)
- China
- Iraq
- Dominican Republic
- Portuguese
- Haiti
- Ghana
- Upper Volta
- Venezuela
- Malaysia
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- Brazil
- Tanzania
- Mexico
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Antidote
- Boil
- Burn
- Catarrh
- Coffee
- Colic
- Cordial
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dyspepsia
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- Dysuria
- Emollient
- Gonorrhea
- Inflammation
- Intestine
- Lactogogue
- Leprosy
- Parturition
- Pectoral
- Scald
- Sore
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Whitlow
- Abscess
- Aphrodisiac
- Gum
- Labor
- Pregnancy
- Wound
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-4'-DIGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-5-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-5-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RHAMNOSE
- SALICYLATES
- SERINE
- SFA
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STARCH
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- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUGAR
- SULFUR
- ALPHA-TERPENYL-ACETATE
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- P-TOLUALDEHYDE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- VALINE
- VIT-B-6
- WATER
- ZINC
- PUFA
- ALANINE
- ARABINOSE
- ARGININE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATE
- CHLORINE
- CITRAL
- COPPER
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-4'-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE
- CYCLOHEXANOL
- CYSTINE
- 12,13-EPOXYOLEIC-ACID
- ETHANOL
- FAT
- FIBER
- FLAVONOIDS
- FOLACIN
- 4-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-D-GALACTOSE
- 2-O-(D-GALACTOPYRANOSYLURONIC-ACID)-L-RHAMOSE
- GALACTOSE
- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- GOSSYPETIN
- GOSSYPETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE
- GOSSYPETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-8-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- GOSSYPETIN-8-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- GOSSYPOL
- 9-HEXADECENOIC-ACID
- HISTIDINE
- IRON
- ISOBUTYL-ALCOHOL
- ISOLEUCINE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- METHIONINE
- 3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL
- MUCILAGE
- MUFA
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- 3,5,3'',4',5-PENTAHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONOL-5'-DIGLUCOSIDE
- PENTOSANS
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTATE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- PHYLLOQUINONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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