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Ladies Finger
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Ladies Finger
A Native Photo: Seema Bin Zeenat
Common name: Ladies Finger, Okra • Assamese: ভেন্দি Bhendi • Bengali: ঢেঁড়স Dhenras • Gujarati: ભીંડો Bhindo • Hindi: भिण्डी Bhindi, ढेंड़स Dhenras, रामतुरई Ram-Turai • Kannada: ಬೆಂಡೆಕಾಯಿ Bendekayi • Konkani: भेंडे Bhende • Malayalam: വെണ്ടയ്ക്ക Ventaykka • Manipuri: ꯕꯦꯂꯦꯟꯗ꯭ꯔꯤ Belendri • Marathi: भेंडी Bhendi, रामतुरई Ramaturai • Mizo: Bawrhsaia Be • Nepali: भिण्डी Bhindi, राम्-तोरियाँ Ram-Toriya • Oriya: Bhendi • Sanskrit: अस्रपत्त्रक Asra-Pattraka, चतुष्पुण्ड्र Catus-Pundra, करपर्ण Kara-Parna, क्षेत्रसम्भव Ksetra-Sambhava, सुशाक Susaka, वृत्तबीज Vrtta-Bija • Tamil: வெண்டை Ventai • Telugu: బెండ Benda • Urdu: بهنڐي Bhindi, ڐهينڙس Dhenras, رام ترئي Ram-Turai
Botanical name: Abelmoschus esculentus    Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Synonyms: Abelmoschus bammia, Abelmoschus longifolius
Ladies Finger is a perennial, often cultivated as an annual in temperate climates, generally growing to 3-6 ft tall. Leaves are 10-20 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 5-7 lobes. The flowers are 4-8 cm in diameter, with five white to yellow petals, often with a red or purple spot at the base. The pollen grains are spherical. The fruit is a capsule up to 18 cm long with pentagonal cross-section, containing numerous seeds. The fruit is widely cooked and eaten throughout the world. Ladies Finger is native to West Himalaya, India, Bangladesh.
Identification credit: Supriya Saha Photographed in Rajouri & Delhi.
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