- Abelmoschus caillei
taxobox
name = "Abelmoschus caillei"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Malvales
familia =Malvaceae
genus = "Abelmoschus "
species = "A. caillei"
binomial = "Abelmoschus caillei"
binomial_authority = (A.Chev. )Stevels
synonyms = "Hibiscus manihot" var. "caillei"A.Chev |"Abelmoschus caillei", the West African okra, is a plant species in the family
Malvaceae . It occurs in West andCentral Africa where it is used as avegetable .Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.] It originated as anallopolyploid hybrid of "Abelmoschus esculentus" and "Abelmoschus manihot ". The same hybrid was produced experimentally in Japan where it is known as "Abelmoschus glutino-textile".References
External links
* [http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fdatabase.prota.org%2Fsearch.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Abelmoschus+caillei&RF=Webdisplay PROTAbase on "Abelmoschus caillei"]
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