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==Uses==
{{Uses|Digestive problems}}, {{Uses|Syphilis}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Dysuria}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}, {{Uses|Ardor urinae}}, {{Uses|Gonorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dandruff}}., {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Lower sperm count}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|SeedsRoot}}, {{Parts Used|FruitsFruit}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Bbhenda, Darvika|en=Okra ladies Finger|hi=Bhendi, Bhindi|kn=Bendekaayi, |ml=Venda, Venta|mr=Benda, Bhajichi-bhendi|ta=Ventai, Vendai|te=Benda, Bendakaya}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary|Yellow|Many|Pedicel slender, inarticulate, about 0.5-2 cm long, epicalyx 9-12, free, base rarely connate, segments about 1 cm long, calyx 5 lobed|Flowering: season is June-August}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|||Ovoid-cylindric, apex beaked, dehiscent with longitudinal slits towards the base, densely hispid with simple hairs|Seed many|Fruiting: season is June-August}}
===Other features===
<ref name="Season to grow">[http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/cultivation-okra-abelmoschus-esculentus Season to grow]</ref>
<ref name="Photo Gallery">Wikimedia commons</ref>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.920, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
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