![]() It arrived in the Americans at Brazil (1688), Guinea and at New Ocean before extending in the United States up to Philadelphia in 1981. It was propagated through North Africa to the Mediterranean, the Balkans and India. ![]() Okra (Abelmoschus esculenta) belong to the malvaceae family, believed to be originated from tropical Africa okra is found in its wild state in the alluvia banks of the Nile and Egyptian were the first to cultivate it in a basin in the Nile (12th century). There was no much difference between the components of yield of okra fruits in different locations in Ovia South West Local Government Area because the plants were exposed to the same climatic environment, local varieties planted and local propagation of okra plant without the use of fertilizers. The average weight of okra fruits in Udoh and Okada markets were 14.12g and 13.66g. The average number seeds of okra fruits in location A and B in Udo market were 69.4 and 77.4 while the average number seeds of okra fruits in location A and B in Okada Market were 61.8 and 75.4. The average number of grooves of okra fruit in location A and B in Udoh market were 6.8 and 7.8 while the average number of grooves of okra fruits in location A and B in Okada Market were 6.4 and 8.4. The average length of okra fruits in location A and B in Udoh market were 5.62cm and 6.8cm while the average length of okra fruits in location A and B in Okada Market were 11.02cm and 10.32cm. It was commonplace throughout the Southern United States by 1800, and the first mention of different cultivars was in 1806.The components of yield of okra fruits in terms of fruit length, weight, number seeds, number grooves and weight in Udoh and Okada markets in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State investigated. Thomas Jefferson noted it was well established in Virginia by 1781. It was being grown as far north as Philadelphia by 1748. ![]() Okra may have been introduced to southeastern North America in the early 18th century. This ensures a balanced diet but also reduces the need for storage in an area where post-harvest losses are high. In compound farms in the rainforest of southeastern Nigeria (Okafor and Fernandes, 1986), farmers have developed a multi-crop system that provides a diversified and continuous production of food, combining species with different maturity periods such as yams, cassava, cocoyams, bananas, plantain, maize, okra, pumpkin, melon, leafy vegetables and a variety of trees and shrubs, 60 of which provide food products. It was further documented in Suriname in 1686. The plant was introduced to the Americas by ships plying the Atlantic slave trade by 1658, when its presence was recorded in Brazil. One of the earliest accounts is by a Spanish Moor who visited Egypt in 1216, who described the plant under cultivation by the locals who ate the tender, young pods with meal.įrom Arabia, the plant spread around the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and eastward. The plant may have entered southwest Asia across the Red Sea or the Bab-el-Mandeb strait to the Arabian Peninsula, rather than north across the Sahara, or from India. The Egyptians and Moors of the 12th and 13th centuries used the Arabic word for the plant, bamay, suggesting it had come from the east. ![]() caillei (West African okra) casts doubt on those analyses. Supporters of a West African origin point to the greater diversity of okra in that region however, confusion between okra and A. Supporters of a South Asian origin point to the presence of its proposed parents in that region. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with supporters of South Asian, Ethiopian and West African origins. Truly wild, as opposed to naturalised, populations, are not definitely known, and the species may be a cultigen. tuberculatus and a reported "diploid" form of okra). Okra is an allopolyploid of uncertain parentage (proposed parents include Abelmoschus ficulneus, A.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |