It is a genus of herbaceous plants in the new botanical classification and technically known as Abelmoschus. It was formerly classified as genus Hibiscus and it belonged to the Hibiscus or bamia and are of the family Malvaceae. They also tell them to okra, okra, okra, candia, bamia. They are very useful in nitrogenous derivatives chromatographic investigations. Similar to jute fibers can be drawn from them and have edible seeds.
