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Cotton and Okra. Kissing Cousins.

July 16, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 12 Comments

Did you know cotton and okra are cousins? The plants are botanically related from the same scientific family Malvaceae.

The veined leaf shapes are very similar with a reddish purple spot at the base of each petal.

okra and cotton = cousins!

The blooms are similar too.

okra and cotton blooms

The final product!

okra and cotton - related plants!

One fills our bellies, the other covers our bellies. I love both!

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    July 16, 2014 at 9:10 am

    Entertaining, informative, fun! Great video/music too!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2014 at 5:47 pm

      Thanks Colene!

      Reply
  2. Tim says

    July 16, 2014 at 9:28 am

    Very Cool!!!

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  3. Barbara Tate says

    July 16, 2014 at 9:44 am

    I never knew this. Enjoyed the pictures.

    Reply
  4. KC @ Average: More or Less says

    July 16, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Thanks for sharing this information. Now I can look smart to my husband who kinda grows okra and to my daddy who kinda grows cotton. Cool!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2014 at 5:46 pm

      Glad to help!

      Reply
  5. Joyce says

    July 16, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    I’ve never liked okra because of the texture on the inside. Seeing its relation to cotton, it makes sense now.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    Good one, Talya! Loved it and learned from it.

    Reply
  7. Colene says

    July 4, 2015 at 10:54 am

    The neat thing about your blogs, is they are just as interesting the second time around. Happy 4Th!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 4, 2015 at 6:54 pm

      Thanks, Colene!

      Reply
  8. Delicious Vodka DeBlair says

    July 22, 2016 at 4:30 pm

    Since both of them are related to the Rose of Sharon plant, I have been thinking of trying to hybridize a perennial plant which can either produce food or fiber.

    This would be an awesome product because you would not have to keep planting them every year! (^_^)/

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  9. Gordon Powell says

    September 17, 2016 at 12:54 am

    How you tried hybridizing cotton and okra ? I saw on the web about a fellow Brian Kerr in Australia who has succeeded. If you have done it, I would like to hybrid seeds.

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