A tall tropical Asian annual plant(Abelmoschus esculentus) widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible, mucilaginous green pods.

• 秋葵一种较高的亚热带一年生植物（（秋葵属黄秋葵））。它的可分泌粘液的绿色豆荚可以食用，因而在温带地区广泛种植