Ladies Finger
Seed quantity : 50 seeds.
Season : Summer.
Okra is normally fairly low maintenance and is normally quite easy to grow.
Plants are tall and well branched and bearing fruits in two flushes and grows upto 4 feet.
During the first flush fruits are borne on the main stem, 40-45 days after sowing.
During second flush, the fruits are borne on short branches, which emerge from the middle portion of the main stem. Fruits are long (15-20cm), spineless, lush green and tender.
Year round crop produced subject to local climate
It is a heavy yielder.
English : Ladies Finger / Okra
Tamil : Vendakai / Vendai
Malayalam : Vendakka
Telugu : Benda Kayi
Kannada : Bendekai / Bende
Hindi : Bhindi
Bengali : Dherasa / Bhindi
Gujarati : Bhinda
Konkani : Bhendey / Bendan
Marathi : Bhendi
Oriya : Bhendi
Punjabi : Bhindi
Tulu : Bendekayi
Kashmiri : Bindu
