Okra

Okra , also gumbo, an annual herb of the mallow family. The
okra, which is native to Africa, is extensively cultivated in the
southern United States and the West Indies for its long, many-
seeded pod, which, when still young and green, is used to
thicken soups and stews and as a cooked vegetable.
The okra bears large, yellow flowers, similar to those of the
closely related hibiscus.