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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Malvaceae (アオイ科) > Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus Medik. (トロロアオイ)Okura (オクラ/アキアオイ, 秋葵)/Amerikaneri (アメリカネリ, 亜米利加粘材), okraLifeform: perennial forb < 1.5 m tall (treated as annual in Japan due to intorelant to low temperature) Origin: northeastern Africa imported to Japan in the late Ero Era or early Meiji Era |
Habitat: resistant to heat, drought and nutrient-poor soils Leaf: diverse shape Use: fruit used as vegetable Synonyms: Hibiscus esculentus L. |
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[1-3] within a box-like flower garden in front of a building in N15/W4, North Ward, Sapporo. [1-3] on September 3 2022. [4] on September 10 2022.